Introductory
Enforcement action by district councils6
1
It shall be the duty of every district council—
a
to consider, at least once in every period of 12 months, the extent to which it is appropriate for the council to carry out in its district a programme of enforcement action relating to Part II of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and Articles 3 and 4, and
b
accordingly to carry out in its district any programme which is for the time being considered by the council to be appropriate under sub-paragraph (a).
2
In paragraph (1)(a) the reference to a programme of enforcement action relating to the provisions there mentioned is a reference to a programme involving all or any of the following, namely—
a
the bringing of prosecutions in respect of offences under those provisions;
b
the investigation of complaints in respect of alleged offences under those provisions;
c
the taking of other measures intended to reduce the incidence of offences under those provisions;
d
the making of complaints under Article 4(1) of the Order of 1978 and, with a view to determining whether such complaints should be made, the monitoring of the use of such machines for the sale of tobacco as are mentioned in that provision.