91 Purchase of tobacco[, nicotine products] etc on behalf of persons under 18
Children and Families Act 2014 (2014 c 6) | Legislation

Tobacco, nicotine products and smoking

91  Purchase of tobacco[, nicotine products] etc on behalf of persons under 18

(1)     A person aged 18 or over who buys or attempts to buy tobacco[, cigarette papers or a relevant nicotine product] on behalf of an individual aged under 18 commits an offence.

(2)     Where a person is charged with an offence under this section it is a defence—

(a)     that the person had no reason to suspect that the individual concerned was aged under 18, or

(b)     in a case where the person has bought or attempted to buy cigarette papers, that the person had no reason to suspect that the individual concerned intended to use the papers for smoking.

(3)     A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(4)

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