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

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
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No. S 855

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act

(CHAPTER 309)

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

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) (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into operation on 1 January 2019.

Amendment of regulation 4

2. Regulation 4 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 763/2017) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph:

“(aa)

the applicant is not an under-aged person;”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(a)	whether the applicant or a responsible officer of the applicant has been convicted of an offence under section 10(1)(a) of the Act, whether the offence was committed before, on or after 30 December 2017; and
(b)	whether any licence held by the applicant or a responsible officer of the applicant has been revoked because of a contravention of section 10(1)(a) of the Act, whether the licence was revoked before, on or after 30 December 2017.”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “individuals below 18 years of age” in paragraph (4)(f) and substituting the words “under-aged persons”.

Amendment of regulation 13

3. Regulation 13(3) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing) Regulations 2017 is amended by deleting the words “individual who is below 18 years of age” and substituting the words “under-aged person”.

Made on 20 December 2018.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:29/2.; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/3 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(2) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act).