Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if a police officer—

either—

observes a person being supplied a thing that the police officer reasonably suspects is a smoking product; or

reasonably suspects a person has just been supplied a smoking product; and

reasonably suspects the person is under 18 years.

A police officer may—

ask the person to show acceptable evidence of age of the person; and

require the person to produce the thing supplied to the person.

The police officer may seize the smoking product if—

the person either—

refuses, or is unable, to comply with the request; or

shows acceptable evidence of age of the person showing the person is under 18 years; and

the police officer reasonably suspects the smoking product is evidence of an offence against the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998.

In this section—acceptable evidence of age has the meaning given to it by the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998, section 10.smoking product has the meaning given to it by the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998, schedule 1.