The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2010/2852 |
| Year | 2010 |
2010 No. 2852
Excise
The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010
Made 29th November 2010
Laid before the House of Commons 30th November 2010
Coming into force 1st January 2011
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(3) of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 19791, make the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 and comes into force on 1st January 2011.
Amendments to the Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003
2.—(1) The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 20032is amended as follows.
(2) In article 6(1)(a), for “1 millimetre”, substitute “1.5 millimetres”.
(3) After article 7(2), add—
“3 For the purposes of paragraph (1), “tobacco refuse” means the remnants of tobacco leaves and the by-products of the processing of tobacco or the manufacture of tobacco products.”.
(4) In the Schedule—
(a)
(a) omit paragraph 1;
(b)
(b) omit paragraph 3; and
(c)
(c) in paragraph 4, for “Each cigar must have a unit weight of not less than 2.3 grams (excluding the weight of any filter or mouthpiece).”, substitute “Each cigar must have a unit weight (excluding the weight of any filter or mouthpiece) of not less than 2.3 grams and not more than 10 grams.”.
Michael Fabricant
Brooks Newmark
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
29th November 2010
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003 ( S.I. 2003/1471) (“the 2003 Order”).
The 2003 Order implements articles 3 to 7 of Council Directive 95/59/EC(OJ No L 291, 6.12.95, p40) (“the 1995 Directive”). The amendments made by this Order implement the amendments made to those articles of the 1995 Directive by Council Directive 2010/12/EU (OJ No L 050, 27.2.10, p1).
A transposition note setting out how this Order implements the amendments to the 1995 Directive that are described above is available from www.hmrc.gov.uk.
Article 2(2) amends article 6(1)(a) of the 2003 Order so that tobacco will be treated as hand-rolling tobacco if 25% by weight of the tobacco particles have a cut width of less than 1.5 millimetres (instead of 1 millimetre).
Article 2(3) adds a third paragraph to...
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