1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation –
(a)for the purpose of large shops, other than bulk tobacconists, on 31st October 2012; and
(b)for all other purposes, on 6th April 2015.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to specialist tobacconists(1).
(3) For the purposes of this regulation-
“large shop” means a shop which has a relevant floor area exceeding 280 square metres; and
“relevant floor area”, in relation to a shop, means the internal floor area of so much of the shop as consists of, or is comprised in, a building but excluding any part of the shop which is used neither for the serving of customers in connection with the sale of goods nor for the display of goods.
See section 6(2) and (3) of the Act for the definition of “specialist tobacconist”