TOBPMMLS3200 | Eligibility for a licence under the scheme

There must be a legitimate business requirement under the scheme to gain a licence which gives approval to carry out regulated tobacco activities in the UK. The potential businesses involved in the scheme are:

• tobacco products machine manufacturers (this includes distribution businesses)

• tobacco products manufacturers

• businesses involved in scientific or research activities

• scrap/disposal businesses

• auction houses

• retailers of tobacco products manufacturing machinery

• brokers involved in arranging sales/purchases of tobacco products manufacturing machinery (if they take procession of the machine)

• importers/exporters of tobacco products manufacturing machinery

A business must be a registered tobacco manufacturer or have a valid use, such as scientific testing, to qualify for using a tobacco products manufacturing machine.