Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023
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Prohibition on sale of tobacco products or nicotine inhaling products to child | ||
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28. (1) A person shall not sell by retail, or cause to be sold by retail— | ||
(a) a tobacco product, or | ||
(b) a nicotine inhaling product, | ||
to a child. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) commits an offence. | ||
(3) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1), it shall be a defence for such person to prove that the child to whom the alleged offence relates produced to him or her— | ||
(a) an age card, | ||
(b) a passport, or | ||
(c) a driving licence, | ||
for the time being in force, relating to that child. | ||
(4) In this section, “age card” has the same meaning as it has in Part IV of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 . |