LegalizeThe Health (2009 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made: 23rd February 2012
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(3) of the Health Act 2009[^f00001].
Citation and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Health (2009 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.
- (2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Health Act 2009.
Appointed day
2
- (1) In so far as not already in force, the day appointed for the coming into force of section 23 of the Act (power to prohibit sales from vending machines: Northern Ireland) is 1st March 2012.
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 23rd February 2012.
Dr Elizabeth Mitchell — A senior officer of the — Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force section 23 of the Health Act 2009, which makes amendments to earlier legislation in relation to the sale of tobacco products from vending machines.
Provisions relating to the prohibition of sales of tobacco from vending machines are commenced, to the extent that they are not already in force, on 1st March 2012.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2009 c.21.
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