{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2024/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Department in accordance with Article 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\n“container” means a cartridge, pod, tank, capsule or any other receptacle designed to hold a vaping substance and be used with a vape;\n“single-use vape” has the meaning in regulation 3;\n“supply” means supply, whether by sales or not, in the course of a business;\n“vape” means a device that—\n(a)vaporises substances, other than tobacco for the purpose of inhalation through a mouthpiece (whether or not it also vaporises tobacco); and\n(b)is not a medicinal product within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 or a medical device within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002;\n“vaping substance” means a substance, other than tobacco, that is intended to be vaporised with a vape; and\n“vaporises” includes aerosolises.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.6.2025, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/1916 to which there are no relevant amendments"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/618 relevant amending Regulations are S.I. 2008/2936"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/212/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:27:17.737106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}