Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Ban on Display of Tobacco Products) Regulations 2017

Regulation 3

Price lists

Amended byS 854/2018 wef 01/01/2019S 854/2018 wef 01/01/2019

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 3(1A) of the Act, a price list —

(a)

must comply with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4); and (b)must only be published in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (8).

Subregulation 2

A price list must not contain any picture, image or photograph, or any information other than the following in plain text:

(a)

the title “Tobacco Products Price List” in English or its equivalent in any of the other official languages of Singapore;

(b)

the price of any tobacco product offered by the retailer for sale;

(c)

the name of the manufacturer or brand name of the tobacco product; (d)the type or variant of the tobacco product;

(e)

the net weight, or number of units in each package, of the tobacco product;

(f)

the barcode or stock number of the tobacco product.

Subregulation 3

In addition, a price list must not be printed on anything other than a piece of paper —

(a)

that is no larger than 297 millimetres in length by 210 millimetres in width; and (b)that has no border or frame.

Subregulation 4

Any printed characters on the price list must —

(a)

be uniform in font type and size;

(b)

be of a font size not exceeding 5 millimetres;

(c)

be black in colour;

(d)

have a font weight of less than 400;

(e)

not be underlined or highlighted; and

(f)

be set on a plain white background.

Subregulation 5

Except as provided in paragraphs (6), (7) and (8), a retailer —

(a)

must not publish or distribute any price list; and (b)must keep every price list out of the sight of any customer at the retailer’s retail outlet.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 854/2018 wef 01/01/2019

A retailer must not make a price list available to an under‑aged person.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 854/2018 wef 01/01/2019

In relation to an individual who is not an under‑aged person, a retailer may make available a price list only under all of the following circumstances:

(a)

on the request of that individual for information about the tobacco products that are offered for sale at the retail outlet; (b)at the point of sale within the retail outlet at which the individual’s request is made; (c)after taking reasonable steps to ensure that the individual making the request is not an under‑aged person; (d)for no longer than is needed by the individual to obtain the requested information.

Subregulation 8

A retailer must not make available at any point of sale within a retail outlet more than one copy each of the price list in any of the 4 official languages of Singapore.