Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Appearance, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2019

Regulation 7

Tear strips on wrappers

Subregulation 1

A wrapper mentioned in regulation 6(1) may include only one tear strip, which must —

(a)

be transparent and not coloured;

(b)

be parallel to any edge of the retail package, container or larger package, as the case may be; and

(c)

form a single continuous straight line of constant width around the circumference of the retail package, container or larger package, as the case may be.

Subregulation 2

In this regulation, “tear strip” means a line of plastic incorporated into a wrapper to enable the wrapper to be opened quickly, but does not include any part of the wrapper that is removed with the tear strip when the wrapper is opened.