Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2009
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Amendment of section 38 of Principal Act. |
6.— Section 38 (inserted by section 9 of the Act of 2004) of the Principal Act is amended by— | |
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): | ||
“(6) Regulations under subsection (4) or (5) may be made for the purpose of— | ||
(a) giving effect to Article 5 of the Directive of 2001, | ||
(b) giving further effect to Commission Decision No. 2003/641/EC of 5 September 2003 1 on the use of colour photographs or other illustrations as health warnings on tobacco products, or | ||
(c) giving effect or further effect to any act adopted by an institution of the European Communities amending the said Article 5 or the Commission Decision referred to in paragraph (b).”, | ||
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(b) the insertion of the following subsection: | ||
“(12) In this section ‘European Communities’ has the same meaning as it has in the European Communities Act 1972 .”. | ||