TPD10030 - Electronic Removal: Requests to operate 'electronic removal'
A trader may request 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥� when applying:
- to register a new store; or
- to convert an existing conventional (鈥減hysical removal鈥�) registered store to electronic removal.
In both instances the trader will be required to meet the conditions listed at section TPD10040 below before you grant approval for 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥�.
A manufacturer may apply to register both 鈥渃onventional鈥� and 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥� Regulation 8(4), of the 鈥淭obacco Products Regulations 2001鈥�, requires occupiers of registered stores to give reasonable notice of their intention to repack tobacco products. This requirement is restated in section 6.7 of Notice 476, where 鈥榬easonable notice鈥� is taken to be a period of at least 24 hours excluding weekends and public holidays. You may agree standing arrangements if the manufacturer wishes to carry out regular or continuous re-packing.
Operations other than repacking should not normally be necessary but may occur in exceptional circumstances (e.g. for preservation following fire, water damage, etc). The replacement of samples drawn from stock for Department of Health tests or for short-packed or damaged cases can also occur. Any repacking in the registered store should be authorised by the trader鈥檚 management, the type of operation noted and the date and stock references recorded.
Manufacturers who have opted to 鈥渂reak bulk鈥� within the registered store, may repack retail packs of products provided no disturbance of their contents is involved.
Where a manufacturer has opted not to 鈥榖reak bulk鈥� in the registered store, repacking should be limited to the replacement of stock taken for Department of Health sampling. Any further interference with stock units would endanger the offsetting arrangements.
The same premises cannot be registered as both 鈥渃onventional鈥� and 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥� stores. The mixed storage of duty-paid and duty-suspended tobacco products can only be allowed in registered stores approved for 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥�. The approval letter must indicate whether or not the premises are approved for 鈥渆lectronic removal鈥� and list the conditions pertaining to that approval.