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Prohibition of certain marketing practices
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9. (1) A person shall not offer the use, sale or hire of a sunbed free of charge.
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(2) The Minister may, for the purpose of protecting public health and in particular for the purpose of reducing the risk to health arising from the use of sunbeds, prescribe as prohibited certain marketing practices, including—
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(a) the advertising or promotion of the use, sale or hire of sunbeds at a reduced price or free of charge,
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(b) the use, sale or hire of sunbeds at a reduced price,
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(c) promotions for the purposes of promoting sunbed use, or any event or activity that is likely to encourage persons to use sunbeds being carried out on premises where sunbeds are used, sold or hired,
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(d) any such other marketing practice.
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(3) A person, other than a sunbed business referred to in subsection (4), who contravenes subsection (1) or regulations made under subsection (2) commits an offence.
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(4) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) shall prevent a sunbed business offering the sale or hire of a sunbed at a reduced price or free of charge to another sunbed business.
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(5) For the purposes of this section, the use, sale or hire of a sunbed at a reduced price or free of charge includes—
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(a) the award, whether directly or indirectly, of bonus points, loyalty card points, or any similar benefit, to any person arising from the use, purchase, sale or hire by that person, or by any other person, of a sunbed,
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(b) the use of any such points or benefit, whether directly or indirectly, to obtain the use, purchase or hire of a sunbed, or any other product or service, at a reduced price or free of charge, and
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(c) the use, whether directly or indirectly, of bonus points, loyalty card points, or any similar benefit, arising from the purchase of any product or service to obtain the use, purchase or hire of a sunbed at a reduced price or free of charge.
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