{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who—\n(a) supplies, offers to supply or has in their possession for supply, a single-use vape; or\n(b) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction under regulation 8(1),\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine limited to the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine or both.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1) substituted (29.7.2025) by The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/126), regs. 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 1.6.2025, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/212/regulation/4",
    "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."
}