Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2008 No. 307
PUBLIC HEALTH
The Smoke-free (Exemptions, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made
17th July 2008
Laid before the Assembly in draft
Coming into operation
1st September 2008
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke-free (Exemptions, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2008.
Amendment of the Smoke-free (Exemptions, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
2.—(1) The Smoke-free (Exemptions, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(3) shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 5(1) (Other residential accommodation) for the words “aged 16 years” there is substituted the words “aged 18 years”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 17th July 2008
L.S.
Andrew Elliott
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 5(1) of the Smoke-free (Exemptions, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007. The amendment to regulation 5(1) is linked to the raising of the age of sale of tobacco and cigarette papers from 16 years to 18 years of age.