5Interpretation

5 Interpretation (1) In these Regulations: > bidi means a small, often flavoured, cigar wrapped in tendu leaf or the leaf of another plant. > cigar means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in tobacco leaf or the leaf of another plant. > cigarette means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in paper. > face, in relation to a retail package of which the outer surface includes 2 or more flat areas that are bounded by edges of the package, means any of those flat areas. > flip‑top pack means a retail package of the kind commonly called a flip‑top pack or hinge‑top pack. > pouch means a retail package that: (a) is made from flexible material; and (b) takes the form of a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening. > retail package has the meaning given by regulation 6. > seal means the following, as the context requires: (a) a decorative adhesive paper or label affixed to the surface of a package to seal the wrapper; (b) an adhesive bond. > soft pack means a retail package of the kind commonly called a soft pack or soft cup. > tobacco includes cigarettes and cigars. (2) For these Regulations, an opening, gap or edge that is created in a face of a retail package when the package is opened is to be disregarded. (3) An area of a surface that bears decorative ridges, embossing, bulges or other irregularities, but is otherwise flat, is taken to be a flat area for these Regulations. (4) For these Regulations: (a) a soft pack is taken to be a solid that has all its faces rectangular and that has edges equal in length to the edges of the smallest rectangular cavity inside which the pack would fit if it is not compressed; and (b) a face that has rounded corners but is otherwise square or rectangular is taken to be square or rectangular, as the case requires. (5) For these Regulations, the surface area of a retail package is the area that would be covered by the outer layer of the package if it were opened out and pressed flat. (6) A reference in these Regulations to a cylindrical package includes a package that is, in one plane, elliptical, rather than circular, in cross‑section. (7) For these Regulations, a message that is printed on an adhesive label attached to a retail package in accordance with regulation 16 or 30 is taken to be printed on the package to which the label is attached.