Section 4Part 2 — Product Regulation and Licensing
Registration as a prerequisite for obtaining a licence to trade in tobacco products
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Every person desirous of selling or importing tobacco products shall submit an application in the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee, to the Chief Officer for registration as a dealer in tobacco products.
Upon receiving the application for registration, the Chief Officer shall, if satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person for registration under this Law, register the applicant as a retailer or wholesale distributor and issue him a Certificate of Registration, which Certificate shall entitle him to apply to the Trade and Business Licensing Board for a business licence to deal in tobacco products.
Every person who, at the commencement of this Law, is a trader in tobacco products shall within twelve months of such commencement apply for registration.
The Certificate of Registration shall —
be in numerical sequence;
be dated the day it was granted;
describe the premises to which the registration applies; and
be valid for a period that coincides with the termination of the business licence.
The Chief Officer shall keep and maintain in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars, a register of every application for, and every grant of, a Certificate of Registration.
Registration shall not be granted to an applicant, the nature of whose business is —
a health care facility;
an educational or cultural institution; or
any other place as may be prescribed.
Where an applicant for the renewal of his registration submits his application prior to the expiration of his registration, he shall be entitled to continue trading pending the outcome of that application.