{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Offences by partnerships and other unincorporated associations",
  "text": "(1) Where any offence under these Regulations committed by a partnership is proved—\n(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner; or\n(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the partner’s part,\nthe partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.\n(2) Where any offence under these Regulations committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved—\n(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the association or a member of its governing body; or\n(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer or member,\nthe officer or member as well as the association is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.\n(3) For the purposes of proceedings under paragraphs (1) or (2)—\n(a) rules of court relating to the service of documents have effect as if the partnership or association were a body corporate; and\n(b) the provisions of section 18 (procedure on charge) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 and Article 166 (corporations) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 apply as they apply to a body corporate.\n(4) A fine imposed on a partnership or an unincorporated association on its conviction for an offence under these Regulations may be made payable out of the funds of the partnership or the association.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 7-9 inserted (29.7.2025) by The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/126), regs. 1, 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/212/regulation/7",
    "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."
}