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Number 6 of 2004

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definition.
2.	Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.
3.	Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act.
4.	Repeals, saver and revocation.
5.	Prohibition of advertising of tobacco products.
6.	Advertisements directed at persons engaged in the sale, etc., of tobacco products.
7.	Prohibition of sponsorship.
8.	Register of retailers of tobacco products.
9.	Prohibition of certain marketing practices.
10.	Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act.
11.	Requirement to provide information on and test tobacco products.
12.	Publication of certain information, etc.
13.	Prohibition on certain assertions in relation to tobacco products.
14.	Offences relating to sale by retail of tobacco products.
15.	Display of signs.
16.	Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act.
17.	Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act.
18.	Taking of samples by authorised officers.
19.	Repeal.
20.	Short title, commencement and collective citation.

SCHEDULE

Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003

Acts Referred to
Criminal Justice Act 1960	1960, No. 27
Education Act 1998	1998, No. 51
Finance Act 1997	1997, No. 22
Finance (Excise Duty on Tobacco Products) Act 1977	1977, No. 32
Health Acts 1947 to 2001
Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990	1990, No. 23
Irish Medicines Board Act 1995	1995, No. 29
Mental Health Act 2001	2001, No. 25
Mental Treatment Acts 1945 to 1966
Prisons Act 1970	1970, No. 11
Prisons Act 1972	1972, No. 7
Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002	2002, No. 6
Registration of Maternity Homes Act 1934	1934, No. 14
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989	1989, No. 7
Tourist Traffic Act 1939	1939, No. 24
Tourist Traffic Act 1957	1957, No. 27

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Number 6 of 2004

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004

AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT IN PART TO DIRECTIVE NO. 2001/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 5 JUNE 2001¹ ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE, PRESENTATION AND SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TO GIVE EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE NO. 2003/33/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 26 MAY 2003² ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS; AND FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION OF 2 DECEMBER 2002³ ON THE PREVENTION OF SMOKING AND ON INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE TOBACCO CONTROL, AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL DONE AT GENEVA ON THE 21st DAY OF MAY 2003, TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2002.

[11th March 2004]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

¹ OJ No. L 194, 18.7.2001, p.26

² OJ No. L 152, 20.6.2003, p.16

³ OJ No. L 22, 25.1.2003, p.31

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