
Restriction on
Smoking (Advertising, Promotion and Display) (Jersey) Regulations 2013
part 1
general
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires –
“distribute” includes, in relation to a tobacco
advertisement, any of the following whether or not in electronic
form –
(a) transmit
a tobacco advertisement;
(b) participate
in its transmission;
(c) provide
the means of its transmission;
“EEA state” means any of the following –
(a) a
member State of the European Union;
(b) any
other state that is a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area
signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, together with the Protocol
adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
“group”, in relation to a company, means that company,
any other company that is its holding body or subsidiary and any other company
that is a subsidiary of the holding body;
“holding body” has the meaning given by Article 2
of the Companies (Jersey)
Law 1991;
“information society service” means any service provided
at the individual request of a recipient of the service, normally for
remuneration, at a distance, by means of electronic equipment for the
processing (including digital compression) and storage of data;
“Law” means the Restriction on Smoking (Jersey) Law 1973;
“non-tobacco product” means any product other than a
tobacco product;
“original package” means the package in which cigarettes
or hand-rolling tobacco were supplied for the purpose of retail sale by the
manufacturer or importer;
“package” means any box, carton or other container;
“premises” –
(a) includes
any place, including any vehicle, vessel, stall or moveable structure; and
(b) in
relation to a specialist tobacconist in a self-contained part of a shop, means
that self contained part;
“public place” means any place to which members of the
public have access or are invited to for any purpose whether on payment of a
charge or otherwise and includes any shop, cinema, theatre, catering
establishment, sports facility or public service vehicle used by members of the
public;
“recipient of the service” means any person who uses an
information society service for any purpose including seeking information or
making it accessible;
“service provider” means a person providing an
information society service;
“shop” means any premises where there is carried on a
trade or business consisting wholly or mainly of the sale of goods;
“storage unit” means a gantry, cabinet, shelf or other
product in which tobacco is held pending sale;
“subsidiary”, in relation to a company, has the meaning
given by Article 2 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;
“tobacco” includes a “tobacco product” and
vice versa;
“tobacco” and “tobacco product” each include
any particular brand of tobacco;
“tobacco advertisement” means an
advertisement –
(a) the
purpose of which is to promote a tobacco product; or
(b) the
effect of which is to do so.
2 Meaning
of “specialist tobacconist” and “bulk tobacconist”
(1) In these
Regulations –
(a) “specialist
tobacconist” means a shop selling tobacco products by retail in respect
of which more than half of the sales conducted in the shop or in a self-contained
part of the shop derive from the sale of cigars, snuff, pipe tobacco and
smoking accessories;
(b) “bulk
tobacconist” means a shop selling tobacco products (whether or not it
sells other products) whose sales of cigarettes or hand-rolling tobacco, measured
in accordance with paragraph (2), comply with the following
conditions –
(i) at least 90% of
its cigarette sales are in pre-packed quantities of 200 or more cigarettes
in their original package, and the remainder are in pre-packed quantities of 100
or more in their original package, and
(ii) at
least 90% of its hand-rolling tobacco sales are in pre-packed quantities with a
weight of 250 grams or more in their original package, and the remainder
are in pre-packed quantities with a weight of 125 grams or more in their
original package.
(2) The
sales referred to in the definitions in paragraph (1) are to be measured
by sale price –
(a) during
the most recent period of 12 months for which accounts are available; or
(b) during
the period for which the shop has been established, if it has not been
established long enough for 12 months’ accounts to be available.
3 Definition
in the Restriction
on Smoking (Jersey) Law 1973 amended
In Article A1 of the Law –
(a) for the definition
“brandsharing” there shall be substituted the following
definition –
“ ‘brandsharing’
means the use by a person in the course of that person’s
business –
(a) of any feature in connection with any
service or product unrelated to tobacco, such feature being the same as any
feature that is connected with tobacco or is so similar as to be likely to be
mistaken for that feature; or
(b) of any feature in connection with tobacco,
such feature being the same as any feature that is connected with any service
or product unrelated to tobacco or is so similar as to be likely to be mistaken
for that feature;”;
(b) after the definition
“employee” there shall be inserted the following
definition –
“ ‘feature’
means a name, emblem, logo, trademark, symbol, motto, type-face, colour or
pattern of colour, picture, artwork, imagery, appearance or other message,
whether alone or in combination;”.
4 Advertisements
and brandsharing to which these Regulations apply
(1) For the purposes of
these Regulations, a tobacco advertisement or brandsharing may be contained in
any form of communication –
(a) whether
using printed or written words, designs, still or moving pictures or images or
any other devices; and
(b) whether
the medium of communication is tangible by way of image projection or sound
reproduction, computer communication, radio, television or similar broadcast or
otherwise.
(2) Parts 2 and 3 of
these Regulations do not apply to the extent that the brand name of a tobacco
product is used in connection with a sporting or cultural event that takes
place in Jersey, or in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, involving one or more persons
representing Jersey or persons resident in Jersey, and –
(a) such
event, being well established prior to the making of these Regulations is
reasonably regarded as being traditional to Jersey or is an event in which
persons representing Jersey or resident in Jersey traditionally take part; and
(b) the
use of the brand name can reasonably be regarded as being traditionally associated
with the event prior to the making of these Regulations.
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (2), “in connection with a sporting or cultural
event” refers to any connection with such an event including, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the name of a sporting or
cultural event or an award or trophy presented in the course of the event.
PART 2
advertising
5 Prohibition
on publication or display of tobacco advertisement
(1) Subject to these
Regulations, a person shall not, in the course of that person’s business,
publish a tobacco advertisement or cause one to be published in Jersey.
(2) Subject to these
Regulations, a person shall not, in the course of that person’s business
do any of the following in Jersey –
(a) print,
devise or distribute a tobacco advertisement;
(b) cause
a tobacco advertisement to be printed, devised or distributed.
(3) Subject to these
Regulations, a person shall not display a tobacco advertisement in a public
place.
(4) For the purposes of
these Regulations –
(a) “tobacco
advertisement” includes a tobacco advertisement contained in any
publication that is sold or otherwise made available to members of the public
in Jersey; and
(b) distribution
of a tobacco advertisement includes making a publication containing that
advertisement available to members of the public whether through sale or
otherwise.
(5) Paragraphs (1) and
(3) shall not apply to a tobacco advertisement that is contained in a
publication (other than an in-flight magazine) which is printed in a country or
territory other than Jersey and which is not an EEA State if it is not
primarily addressed to members of the public in Jersey or in one or more of the
EEA States (or in any part of such a State).
(6) A person who
contravenes this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine.
(7) A person does not
contravene paragraph (1) if the person did not know and had no reason to
suspect that the publication contained a tobacco advertisement.
(8) A person does not
contravene paragraph (2) to the extent that the paragraph relates to
distributing or causing the distribution of a tobacco advertisement
if –
(a) the
person did not know and had no reason to suspect that what he or she
distributed or caused to be distributed was, or contained, a tobacco
advertisement;
(b) having
become aware that what he or she was distributing or causing to be distributed
contained a tobacco advertisement, it was not reasonably practicable for the
person to prevent its further distribution; or
(c) that
person did not carry on business in Jersey at the time of the distribution or
causing the distribution, as the case may be.
(9) A person does not
contravene paragraph (1) or (2) if the person did not know and had no
reason to suspect that the advertisement would be published, printed, devised
or distributed in Jersey.
(10) A person does not contravene
this Regulation in relation to a tobacco advertisement, if –
(a) the
person did not know and had no reason to suspect that the purpose of the
advertisement was to promote either or both of the following –
(i) the habit of
smoking,
(ii) tobacco;
(b) in
relation to a tobacco advertisement whose effect is to promote any of the
things described sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (ii), the person could not
reasonably have foreseen that effect.
6 Specialist
tobacconists
(1) A person who publishes,
or causes to be published, a tobacco advertisement that complies with this
Regulation does not contravene Regulation 5 in respect of that advertisement.
(2) The
advertisement –
(a) is in
a specialist tobacconist;
(b) is
not for –
(i) cigarettes, or
(ii) hand-rolling
tobacco; and
(c) complies
with the requirements specified in the following paragraphs.
(3) Those requirements
are –
(a) the
advertisement is not visible from outside of the premises of the specialist
tobacconist; and
(b) the
advertisement includes an area (the “information area”) in which
are displayed –
(i) a health warning
as specified in paragraph (4), and
(ii) the
following information (“health information”) –
“Jersey Smokers Quitline: 0800 735 1155”.
(4) The health warning must
state –
(a) in a
case where half or more of the area of a tobacco advertisement other than the
information area (“the advertisement area”) is used to advertise
tobacco products which are intended to be smoked –
“Smoking kills” or
“Smoking seriously harms you and others round you”; and
(b) in
any other case –
“Tobacco products can damage your health and are
addictive”.
(5) The information area
referred to in paragraph (3) must be –
(a) in a
case where the total area of the advertisement exceeds 75 square
centimetres, at least 22.5 square centimetres; and
(b) in
any other case, not less than 30% of the total area of the advertisement.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5),
the total area of the advertisement means the advertisement area and the
information area.
(7) The health warning and
health information which are required to be displayed under paragraph (3)(b)
must be –
(a) indelible;
(b) legible;
(c) printed
in black Helvetica bold type on a white background;
(d) in a
font size consistent throughout the text which ensures that the text occupies
the greatest possible proportion of the information area;
(e) in
upper case and lower case type as used in the health information in paragraph (3)(b)(ii)
or, as the case may be, in the relevant health warning referred to in paragraph (4);
(f) centred
in the area in which the text is required to be printed;
(g) displayed
parallel to the floor;
(h) surrounded
by a black border outside the information area, such border being not less than
3 millimetres and not more than 4 millimetres in width and not
interfering with the text of the health warning or health information; and
(i) irremovably
printed on the advertisement or affixed to the advertisement by means of an
irremovable sticker.
7 Exclusions
for tobacco trade
(1) A person does not
contravene Regulation 5 in respect of a tobacco advertisement that is, or
is contained in, a communication made in the course of a business which is part
of the tobacco trade for the purposes of that trade and directed solely at
persons who –
(a) are
engaged in, or employed by, a business that is also part of that trade; and
(b) are
persons to whom paragraph (2) applies,
when carrying on their functions for the purposes of that trade.
(2) This paragraph applies
to a person who –
(a) is
responsible for making decisions on behalf of the business referred to in paragraph (1)(a)
about the purchase of tobacco that is to be sold in the course of that
business;
(b) occupies
a position in the management structure of the business referred to in paragraph (1)(a)
which is equivalent in seniority to, or of greater seniority than, the position
of any person responsible for making decisions described in sub-paragraph (a);
or
(c) is
the person responsible for the conduct of the business in question or is a
member of the board of directors or other body of persons (however described)
which is so responsible.
(3) An invoice, letterhead,
price list or other document that is ordinarily used in the course of a
business which is part of the tobacco trade is not a tobacco advertisement for
the purpose of these Regulations if its primary purpose is to identify the
business and not to advertise, publicize or promote the habit of smoking or
tobacco.
8 Exclusion
for communications for particular requests
(1) A person does not
contravene Regulation 5 in respect of a tobacco advertisement which is, or
is contained in, a communication made in reply to a particular request by an
individual for information about a tobacco product.
(2) Paragraph (1)
applies to a communication made by means of an information society service only
if the request was made –
(a) by
means of an information society service which does not advertise any tobacco product
to persons –
(i) who have not made
any such request, or
(ii) who
have not initiated a process by which a tobacco product may be purchased by
means of that service; or
(b) without
using an information society service.
(3) The supply of information
to an individual is not a tobacco advertisement for the purpose of these
Regulations if –
(a) an
information society service provides a means by which tobacco products may be
purchased which includes the provision of information about such products; and
(b) the
information becomes available to the individual only after the individual has
initiated the process of making a purchase.
9 Exclusion
for information society service conduits
(1) These Regulations do
not apply to a service provider in respect of anything done in the course of
providing so much of an information society service as consists in –
(a) the
provision of access to a communication network; or
(b) the
transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient
of the service,
if the transmission condition is satisfied.
(2) The transmission
condition is that the service provider does not –
(a) initiate
the transmission;
(b) select
the recipient of the transmission; or
(c) select
or modify the information contained in the transmission.
(3) Paragraph (1)(b)
does not apply if the information is information to which Regulation 10
applies.
(4) For the purposes of
paragraphs (1) and (2), the provision of access to a communication network
and the transmission of information in the network includes automatic,
intermediate and transient storage of information for the purpose of carrying
out the transmission in the network.
(5) Paragraph (4) does
not apply if the information is stored for longer than is reasonably necessary
for the transmission.
10 Exclusion
for information society service caching
(1) These Regulations do
not apply to a service provider in respect of anything done in the course of
providing so much of an information society service as consists in the
transmission in a communication network of information to which paragraph (2)
applies if –
(a) the
service provider does not modify the information;
(b) the
service provider complies with any conditions attached to having access to the
information; and
(c) in a
case to which paragraph (3) applies, the service provider expeditiously
removes the information or disables access to it.
(2) This paragraph applies
to information which –
(a) is
provided by a recipient of an information society service; and
(b) is
the subject of automatic, intermediate and temporary storage which is solely
for the purpose of making the onward transmission of the information to other
recipients of the service at their request more efficient.
(3) This paragraph applies
if the service provider obtains actual knowledge that –
(a) the
information at the initial source of the transmission has been removed from the
network; or
(b) access
to it has been disabled.
11 Exclusion
for information society hosting
These Regulations do not apply to a service provider in respect of
anything done in the course of providing so much of an information society
service as consists in the storage of information provided by a recipient of
the service if –
(a) the service provider
did not know when the information was provided that it contained a tobacco
advertisement; or
(b) upon obtaining actual
knowledge that the information contained a tobacco advertisement, the service
provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it.
12 Television
and radio broadcasting
(1) These Regulations do
not apply in relation to anything included in a service to which paragraph (2),
(3) or (4) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies
to –
(a) a
service falling within section 211(1) of the Communications Act 2003 of
the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey by the Communications (Jersey)
Order 2003 such service not being an additional television service (within
the meaning of Part 3 of that Act); and
(b) an
additional television service comprised in the public teletext service (within
the meaning of that Part).
(3) This paragraph applies
to a service which falls within section 245(1) of the Communications
Act 2003 of the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey by the Communications
(Jersey) Order 2003, not being a digital additional sound service (within
the meaning of Part 3 of that Act).
(4) This paragraph applies
to a service provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
13 Prohibition
on free distribution
(1) A person shall not
give, or cause or permit another person to give, a product (whether or not a
tobacco product) or coupon away to a member of the public in Jersey in the
course of that first person’s business if the purpose or effect of giving
that item is to promote either or both of the following –
(a) the
habit of smoking; or
(b) a
tobacco product.
(2) For the purposes of
paragraph (1), “coupon” means a document or other thing which
(whether by itself or not) can be redeemed for a product or service or for cash
or for any other benefit.
(3) Paragraph (1)
shall not apply where –
(a) the
business referred to in that paragraph is part of the tobacco trade;
(b) the product
or coupon is given away for the purposes of that trade;
(c) each
person to whom the product or coupon is given –
(i) is engaged in or
employed by a business which is also part of the tobacco trade, and
(ii) is
a person to whom paragraph (4) applies; and
(d) the product
or coupon is given to each such person in his or her capacity as such a person.
(4) This paragraph applies
to a person if –
(a) he or
she is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the business described in paragraph (3)(c)(i)
about the purchase of tobacco that is to be sold in the course of that
business;
(b) occupies
a position in the management structure of the business referred to in paragraph (3)(c)(i)
which is equivalent in seniority to, or of greater seniority than, the position
of any person responsible for making decisions described in sub-paragraph (a);
or
(c) is
the person responsible for the conduct of the business in question or is a
member of the board of directors or other body of persons (however described)
which is so responsible.
(5) A person who
contravenes this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine.
(6) A person does not
contravene this Regulation if –
(a) that
person did not know and had no reason to suspect that the purpose of giving away
the product or coupon was to promote any of the things mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b) of paragraph (1); or
(b) that
person could not reasonably have foreseen that the effect of giving away the
product or coupon was to promote any of the things mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b) of paragraph (1).
14 Prohibition
on sponsorship.
(1) A person who is a party
to a sponsorship agreement shall not do anything under that agreement if the
purpose or effect of anything done as a result of the agreement is to promote
in Jersey either or both of the following –
(a) the
habit of smoking; or
(b) a
tobacco product.
(2) For the purposes of
this Article, a sponsorship agreement is an agreement under which, in the
course of a business, a party to it makes a contribution towards something,
whether the contribution is in money or takes any other form (for example, the
provision of services or of contributions in kind).
(3) A person who
contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine.
(4) A person does not
contravene paragraph (1) if –
(a) that
person did not know and had no reason to suspect that the purpose of what was
done as a result of the agreement was to promote anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b) of paragraph (1);
(b) that
person could not reasonably have foreseen that the effect of what was done as a
result of the agreement was to promote anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b) of paragraph (1); or
(c) that
person did not know and had no reason to suspect that the contribution under
the agreement was made in the course of a business.
part 3
brandsharing
15 Prohibition
on brandsharing
(1) A person is prohibited
from brandsharing in the course of a business where the purpose or effect of
that brandsharing is to promote either or both of the following in
Jersey –
(a) the
habit of smoking; or
(b) a
tobacco product.
(2) A person who
contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine.
16 Exceptions
(1) A person does not
contravene Regulation 15(1) if it was not the purpose of the person to use
brandsharing to promote anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of
paragraph (1) of Regulation 15 and any of paragraphs (2) to (4)
apply.
(2) The person could not
reasonably have foreseen that the effect of the brandsharing would be anything
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) of
Regulation 15.
(3) The person –
(a) is
not employed or commissioned by –
(i) a tobacco
producer or promoter,
(ii) a
company in the same group of companies as a tobacco producer or promoter, or
(iii) a
company which has a common holding body with a tobacco producer or promoter;
and
(b) does
not use the feature involved in the brandsharing under any agreement or licence
to which at least one party is a tobacco producer or promoter.
(4) The use of the feature
involved in brandsharing does not make it appear that the same person, firm or
company is responsible for the branding of both the tobacco and the service or
product unrelated to tobacco (whether that is in fact so or not).
(5) A person who does not
contravene Regulation 15 in the circumstances described in paragraph (1)
does not contravene Regulation 5, 13 or 14 in respect of the use of the
feature or features involved in the brandsharing.
part 4
display
17 Prohibition
of display of tobacco
(1) A person shall not, in
the course of a business, display or cause the display of tobacco products in
any premises where such items are sold or offered for sale.
(2) A person who
contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine.
18 Exemptions
for the tobacco trade, specialist tobacconists and bulk tobacconists
No offence is committed under Regulation 17 if –
(a) the display is in
premises –
(i) which
are accessible only to persons who are engaged in, or employed by, a business
which is part of the tobacco trade, and
(ii) from
which the prices of tobacco products are not visible from outside of the
premises;
(b) the
display –
(i) is
in the course of a business which is part of the tobacco trade,
(ii) is
for the purposes of that trade, and
(iii) is
accessible only to persons who are engaged in, or employed by, a business which
is also part of that trade;
(c) the
display –
(i) is
in the premises of a specialist tobacconist, and
(ii) is
not visible from the outside of those premises; or
(d) the display is in a
bulk tobacconist and the following conditions are satisfied –
(i) the
display –
(A) is in a part of the shop (the
“tobacco area”) containing tobacco products and smoking accessories
only, and
(B) is not visible from
outside of the tobacco area,
(iii) a
notice is exhibited at the entrance to the tobacco area, such notice complying
with the following conditions –
(A) it exhibits the statement
“It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age
of 18”,
(B) each character in the
statement is not less than 36 millimetres high,
(C) it does not contain any
other statement, and
(D) it is not less than
297 millimetres by 420 millimetres, and
(iv) the shop is
designed so that customers who wish to buy products other than tobacco products
or smoking accessories are not required or encouraged to pass through the
tobacco area.
19 Exemptions
and defence for requested displays
(1) In this Regulation
“requested display” means a display to an individual following a
particular request by the individual to purchase a tobacco product or for
information about a tobacco product or for information about the particular
tobacco products sold by a person.
(2) No offence is committed
under Regulation 17 if –
(a) the
display is a requested display to an individual (“A”) aged 18
or over;
(b) the
display is of tobacco products in a storage unit to individuals other than A,
where –
(i) the
display –
(A) is solely
as a consequence of a requested display, and
(B) lasts
for no longer than is necessary to remove from the storage unit the tobacco
product which A asked to purchase or for information about, and
(ii) the
area of the storage unit displayed does not exceed 1.5 square metres; or
(c) the
display is of tobacco products other than in a storage unit to individuals
other than A where the display –
(i) is solely as a
consequence of the requested display, and
(ii) lasts
for no longer than the requested display.
(3) Where a person
(“D”) is charged with an offence under Regulation 17 by reason
of D having displayed the tobacco product in a case where the display is a
requested display to an individual aged under 18 it is a defence
that –
(a) D
believed that the individual was aged 18 or over; and
(b) either –
(i) D had taken all
reasonable steps to establish the individual’s age, or
(ii) from
the individual’s appearance nobody could have reasonably suspected that
the individual was aged under 18.
(4) For the purposes of
paragraph (3), a person is treated as having taken all reasonable steps to
establish an individual’s age if –
(a) the
person asked the individual for evidence of the individual’s age; and
(b) the
evidence would have convinced a reasonable person.
(5) Where D is charged with
an offence under Regulation 17 by reason of D having caused the
display of a tobacco product in a case where the display is a requested display
to an individual aged under 18, it is a defence that D exercised all due
diligence to avoid committing the offence.
20 Exemptions
for incidental activities
(1) No offence is committed
under Regulation 17 by reason of a display of tobacco products in a
storage unit if that display complies with the requirements of paragraph (2).
(2) Those requirements are
that –
(a) the
display –
(i) occurs in the
course of an activity listed in paragraph (3) being actively carried out
in the ordinary course of business in relation to tobacco products,
(ii) is
solely as a consequence of the activity being carried out, and
(iii) lasts
for no longer than is necessary in order to allow that activity to be carried
out; and
(b) the
area of the storage unit displayed does not exceed 1.5 square metres.
(3) The activities referred
to in paragraph (2)(a)(i) are –
(a) assessing
stock levels for the purposes of stock control;
(b) restocking;
(c) staff
training;
(d) cleaning
of the storage unit;
(e) maintenance
of the storage unit;
(f) refurbishment
of the storage unit.
(4) No offence is committed
under Regulation 17 by reason of a display of tobacco products outside a
storage unit during restocking if –
(a) the
tobacco products are displayed only in the course of being placed in the
storage unit; and
(b) the
display lasts for no longer than is necessary to place the products in the
storage unit.
21 Exemption
for enforcement officers
No offence is committed under Regulation 17 if the display is
requested by any of the following acting in the course of his or her
duty –
(a) an authorized officer;
(b) a police officer;
(c) an officer within the
meaning of the Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999.
part 5
display of prices
22 Display
of prices
(1) A display of prices for
tobacco products shall –
(a) in
all cases, comply with the requirements specified in Regulation 23; and
(b) comply
with the requirements specified in –
(i) Regulation 24,
in relation to a price list on general display (if any),
(ii) Regulation 25,
in relation to any prices displayed on storage units (if any), or
(iii) Regulation 26,
in relation to any price list that is only available on request (if any).
(2) Without prejudice to
the requirements relating to display of prices in Regulations under the Price and Charge Indicators (Jersey)
Law 2008, prices must be displayed in accordance with Regulation 24 or
Regulation 25 (and may be displayed in accordance with both Regulations).
(3) Prices may, in addition
be displayed in accordance with Regulation 26.
(4) A person who
contravenes this Regulation is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine.
(5) A display of prices
that complies with the requirements of this Regulation is not to be treated as
a tobacco advertisement for the purposes of this Law.
23 Requirements
for the display of prices in all cases
(1) A display of prices for
tobacco products shall be limited to the following information –
(a) the
brand-name of the product;
(b) where
pre-packed, the number of units in the packet or, where sold by weight, the net
weight of the product;
(c) in
relation to cigars only, the country of origin and the dimensions;
(d) in
relation to pipe tobacco only, the cut and type of tobacco; and
(e) the
price of the product.
(2) Except as provided in
Regulation 26(2)(d), the display must not contain any feature other than
that provided for in this Part.
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (2), “feature” means a logo, trademark, symbol,
motto, type-face, colour or pattern of colour, picture, artwork, imagery,
appearance, message or other indication that constitutes all or part of the
recognisable identity of a brand of tobacco but does not include a bar code or
stock number.
24 Price
list on general display
(1) A display of prices on
general display for tobacco must be in the form of a price list.
(2) The price
list –
(a) must
have the title “Tobacco products price list”;
(b) must
be worded with characters which are no higher than 7 millimetres;
(c) must
not include the price of any other item or product;
(d) must
not have a border or frame; and
(e) must
not exceed 1250 square centimetres in size.
(3) The price list may
include any of the following sub-headings –
(a) “cigarettes”;
(b) “hand
rolling tobacco”;
(c) “cigars”;
(d) “pipe
tobaccos”;
(e) “other
tobacco products”.
(4) The information
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be printed –
(a) in
black Helvetica plain type on a white background;
(b) in a
type which has a consistent size throughout the text; and
(c) in
lower case type, except that the first letter of a word may be in upper case
type.
(5) There must only be one
price list for each separate area where tobacco products are both located and
can be purchased.
25 Display
of prices on a storage unit
(1) A display of prices on
a storage unit where a tobacco product is kept pending sale must –
(a) be such
that each character is no higher than 10 millimetres;
(b) be in
a style that is consistent with displays of prices on storage units for
non-tobacco products on sale in the same premises (if any); and
(c) be
limited to one display for each separate location in a storage unit where a
particular tobacco product is held.
(2) For the purposes of
paragraph (1)(b), “style” includes type and size of font and
colour.
26 Price
lists available on request
(1) A display of prices
that is only available on request must be in the form of a price list which is
made available to an individual aged 18 or over following a particular
request by the individual for information about tobacco products for sale in
the place where the request is made.
(2) The price list must be
made available only if the following requirements are met –
(a) all
reasonable steps are taken to ensure that the individual making the request is
aged 18 or over before such a display takes place;
(b) the
display lasts for no longer than is needed for the individual to obtain the
information sought by that individual;
(c) the
wording on the price list must be –
(i) such that no character
is greater than 7 millimetres high,
(ii) in
black Helvetica plain type on a white background,
(iii) in a
type which has a consistent size throughout the text, and
(iv) in
lower case type, except that the first letter of a word may be in upper case type;
(d) the
only other feature displayed is a picture of the actual tobacco product, as
packaged for sale, provided that the size of such picture does not exceed
50 square centimetres; and
(e) the
price list is limited in number to –
(i) one price list
for each separate area where tobacco products both are located and can be
purchased, or
(ii) where
there is more than one till at any such location, one price list for each till.
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (2)(a), a person is treated as having taken all reasonable steps
to establish that the individual is aged 18 or over if either –
(a) from
the individual’s appearance nobody could reasonably have suspected that
the individual was aged under 18; or
(b) the
person asked the individual for evidence of the individual’s age and the
evidence would have convinced a reasonable person.
27 Specialist
and bulk tobacconists
(1) Except as provided by
paragraphs (2) and (3), Regulation 22 shall not apply to a specialist
tobacconist or a bulk tobacconist.
(2) A display of prices of
tobacco products which is visible from –
(a) the
outside of the premises of a specialist tobacconist; or
(b) the
outside of the tobacco area of a bulk tobacconist,
shall comply with the requirements of paragraph (3).
(3) Those requirements are
that such a display –
(a) complies
with the requirements for the display of prices in all cases under
Regulation 23;
(b) complies
with Article 24(2) and (3); and
(c) is
limited in number to one display for each premises.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b),
the tobacco area is the part of the shop containing tobacco products and
smoking accessories only.
part 6
general
28 General
provisions relating to offences
(1) Where an offence under
these Regulations is committed by a limited liability partnership, a separate
limited partnership, or body corporate or is proved to have been committed with
the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be guilty of the offence and liable in the
same manner as the partnership or body corporate to the penalty provided for
that offence.
(2) Where the affairs of a
body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) shall apply in
relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with his or her
functions of management as if he or she were a director of the body corporate.
29 Application
of Regulations to the territorial sea
These Regulations do not apply to a vessel of any description that
is within the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey.
30 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Restriction on Smoking
(Advertising, Promotion and Display) (Jersey) Regulations 2013.