4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), section 15(1) of the Act read with regulation 2 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Prohibited Tobacco Products) Regulations 2014 does not apply to prohibit any person who is specified in the first column of the Second Schedule (called an exempt retailer) from doing any of the following at the retail outlet specified in the third column of that Schedule during the exemption period referred to in paragraph (3):
(a)
distributing by retail any shisha tobacco;
(b)
selling or offering for sale by retail any shisha tobacco;
(c)
permitting to be sold or to be offered for sale by retail any shisha tobacco;
(d)
having in the exempt retailer’s possession, for sale by retail, any shisha tobacco.
(2) The exempt retailer must, immediately before 28 November 2014, be the holder of a valid retail licence in respect of the retail outlet referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) The exemption period for an exempt retailer is the period starting on 28 November 2014 and ending on —
(a)
31 July 2016 (that date inclusive); or
(b)
the date on which the exempt retailer’s retail licence expires (and is not renewed) or is revoked, if earlier.