Introductory

Title and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.

2

Except as provided by paragraph (3), this Order comes into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.

3

The following provisions come into operation two months after the date on which this Order is made—

a

this Article;

b

Article 2;

c

Article 3(5);

d

Articles 4 to 6;

e

Article 7, so far as it authorises the making of regulations;

f

Article 9(2);

g

Article 11(3);

h

Articles 14 to 16;

i

paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 17 of Schedule 1 (and Article 10(3) so far as relating to those paragraphs).