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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Wednesday 1 July 2009

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

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Consideration of Bill

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Health Bill [Lords]

Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children

Sandra Gidley

Dr John Pugh

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘After section 7(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) (sale of

tobacco, etc, to persons under (eighteen)) insert—

“2A	Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children

(1)	A person commits an offence if—

(a)	he buys or attempts to buy tobacco on behalf of an individual

aged under 18, or

(b)	where he is a member of a club, on behalf of an individual aged

under 18 he—

(i)	makes arrangements whereby tobacco is supplied to him

or to his order by or on behalf of the club, or

(ii)	attempts to make such arrangements.

(2)	A person (“the relevant person”) commits an offence if—

(a)	he buys or attempts to buy tobacco for consumption on relevant

premises by an individual aged under 18, or

(b)	where he is a member of a club—

(i)	by some act or default of his, tobacco is supplied to him,

or to his order, by or on behalf of the club for

consumption on relevant premises by an individual aged

under 18, or

(ii)	he attempts to have tobacco so supplied for such

consumption.

Notices of Amendments: 1 July 2009

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Health Bill [Lords], continued

(3)	Where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) it

is a defence that he had no reason to suspect that the individual was aged

under 18.

(4)	A person guilty of an offence under this subsection is liable on summary

conviction—

(a)	in the case of an offence under paragraph (1), to a fine not

exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and

(b)	in the case of an offence under paragraph (2), to a fine not

exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”’.

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Revised 2 July 2009