Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Prohibited Tobacco Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

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Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act

(CHAPTER 309)

Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale)
(Prohibited Tobacco Products) (Amendment)
Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(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) (Prohibited Tobacco Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 1 August 2016.

Amendment of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Prohibited Tobacco Products) Regulations 2014 (G.N. No. S 769/2014) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Section 15(1)(b)” in the second column of item 5, the words “and (d)”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 5, the following items:

“6.	Nasal snuff, that is, any processed tobacco intended for, or labelled or described as suitable for, inhalation or sniffing, whether or not in dry, moist, creamy or powdery form

Section 15(1)(b)

7.	Oral snuff, that is, any processed tobacco intended for, or labelled or described as suitable for, placement in the mouth, and includes snus and dipping tobacco

Section 15(1)(b)

8.	Gutkha (or any product containing the same ingredients as gutkha), khaini and zarda tobacco

Section 15(1)(b)”.

[G.N. No. S 370/2015]

Made on 1 February 2016.

NG CHEE KHERN

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

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