Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Jul 2018

No. S 478

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act

(CHAPTER 309)

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale)
(Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(1) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into operation on 1 October 2018.

Amendment of regulation 8

2. Regulation 8 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 419/2012) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “NO SALE TO PERSONS UNDER 18” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “NO SALE TO UNDER‑AGED PERSONS”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Where a retail package mentioned in paragraph (1) is made of wood or any kind of flexible plastic material, the words required to be printed on the retail package under this regulation —

(a)	may be printed on a mirror-coated adhesive label that is firmly affixed to the retail package so as not to be easily removable; and
(b)	must conform with these Regulations in all other aspects.”.

Transitional provision

3. Despite regulation 2(a), any person who supplies a tobacco product in Singapore which conforms with regulation 8(1) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before 1 October 2018 may continue to do so until 31 December 2018.

Made on 23 July 2018.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:29/2 Vol. 11; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/11 Vol. 1]

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