In this Act—

• “authorised officer”, in relation to a council, means any person (whether or not an officer of the council) who is authorised by it in writing, either generally or specifically, to act in matters arising under this Act;

• “cigarettes” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;

• “clerk of the council”, in relation to a council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;

• “council” means a district council;

• “the Department” means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;

• “notice” means notice in writing;

• “premises” includes any place and any vehicle, vessel, stall or moveable structure;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “the Register” has the meaning given in section 1(1);

• “registered”, “unregistered” and “the registration authority” have the meanings given in section 1(6);

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Department;

• “restricted premises order” means an order made under section 5;

• “restricted sale order” means an order made under section 6;

• “tobacco” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;

• “tobacco business” means a business involving the sale of tobacco or cigarette papers by retail.

In its application to this Act, the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 has effect as if in section 24(1) (notice by post) the word “registering” were omitted.