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This is the candidate question that applicants need to complete and include in the job application Personal Statement:
The ability to interpret complex legislation and provide answers to questions in plain English is a key skill for a Trading Standards Officer.
In your first month of employment with the Joint Service your manager has asked you to research and provide an answer in plain English to a question from a local business about vape products.
A local retailer sells a range of refillable vaping products. The retailer has recently started stocking a new vape device containing 3ml of nicotine-containing e-liquid and wants to know whether it can legally be supplied to consumers in Great Britain.
Your manager has directed you to look up the answer in The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, which can be found online at www.legislation.gov.uk.
Please provide a short answer of no more than 3 sentences in plain English.