No. S 769
Tobacco (Control of
Advertisements and Sale) Act
(CHAPTER 309)
Tobacco (Control of Advertisements
and Sale) (Prescribed Date)
Regulations 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37(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) (Prescribed Date) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 1 January 2018.
Prescribed date
2.  For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “under‑aged person” in section 2(1) of the Act, the date prescribed is 1 January 2019.
Made on 26 December 2017.
CHAN HENG KEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[MH 78:29/2 Vol. 11; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/13 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(2) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act).