Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2016.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
Registration authority
2. Belfast City Council is prescribed as the registration authority for the purposes of the Act.
Form and manner of application to the register
3. An application to be registered under section 2 of the Act shall be made in writing on the form set out in Schedule 1.
Tobacco Retailer Restricted Premises Order Notice – dimensions, wording and the size of statement
4.—(1) The following are prescribed for the purposes of section 8(5) of the Act.
(2) The dimensions of the notice are not less than 297 millimetres by 420 millimetres.
(3) The wording of the statement to be displayed on the notice is set out in Schedule 2.
(4) The statement on the notice is of a size such that no character is less than 36 millimetres high.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 2nd March 2016.
Dr Gerard Mulligan
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety