Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/12/section/7
Timestamp: 2018-07-16 06:58:35
Document Index: 391500805

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art.2', 'art. 3', 'art.2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

7 Sale of tobacco, &c. to persons under [F1eighteen].E+W
(1)Any person who sells to a person [F2. . .] under the age of [F3eighteen] years any tobacco or cigarette papers, whether for his own use or not, shall be liable, [F4on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.]
[F5(1A)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) above to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.]
(2)If on complaint to a [F6magistrates' court] it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that any automatic machine for the sale of tobacco kept on any premises [F7has been used by any person] under the age of [F3eighteen] years, the court [F8shall] order the owner of the machine, or the person on whose premises the machine is kept, to take such precautions to prevent the machine being so used as may be specified in the order or, if necessary, to remove the machine, within such time as may be specified in the order, and if any person against whom such an order has been made fails to comply therewith, he shall be liable, on summary conviction, [F9to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.]
(5)For the purposes of this section the expression “tobacco” includes cigarettes [F10any product containing tobacco and intended for oral or nasal use] and smoking mixtures intended as a substitute for tobacco, and the expression “cigarettes” includes cut tobacco rolled up in paper, tobacco leaf, or other material in such form as to be capable of immediate use for smoking.
F1Word in s. 7 sidenote substituted (1.10.2007) by The Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/767), art. 2(a) (with effect as mentioned in art. 1)
F2Word in s. 7(1) omitted (1.3.1992) by virtue of Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 1(2)(a), (with s. 8(3)); S.I. 1992/332, art. 2
F3Word in s. 7(1)(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/767), art. 2(a) (with effect as mentioned in art. 1)
F4Words in s. 7(1) substituted (1.3.1992) by Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 1(2)(b), (with s. 8(3)); S.I. 1992/332, art. 2
F5S. 7(1A) inserted (1.3.1992) by Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 1(3), (with s. 8(3)); S.I. 1992/332, art.2
F6Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 72; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(bb)
F7Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.3.1992) by Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 1(4)(a), (with s. 8(3)(4)); S.I. 1992/332, art.2
F8Word substituted by Protection of Children (Tobacco) Act 1986 (c. 34, SIF 20), s. 1(1)(b)(2)
F9Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.3.1992) by Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 1(4)(b), (with s. 8(3)(4)); S.I. 1992/332, art. 2
F10Words inserted by Protection of Children (Tobacco) Act 1986 (c. 34, SIF 20), s. 1(1)(c)
C4S. 7(2) saved (1.3.1992) by Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 (c. 23, SIF 20), s. 8(5); S.I. 1992/332, art. 2