{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-7A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1907",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "article/7A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Meaning of nicotine product",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “nicotine product” means—\n(a) a device which is intended to enable nicotine to be delivered into the human body,\n(b) an item which is intended to form part of a device within sub-paragraph (a),\n(c) nicotine, or any substance containing nicotine, which is intended to be delivered into the human body, or\n(d) an item containing anything within sub-paragraph (c).\n(2) But the following are not “nicotine products” for the purposes of this Article—\n(a) a tobacco product;\n(b) a herbal smoking product;\n(c) cigarette papers;\n(d) any device which is intended to be used for the consumption of tobacco products;\n(e) a vaping product;\n(f) a medical device;\n(g) a medicinal product.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 7, 7A and cross-heading substituted for art. 7 (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 86, 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1907/article/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:42:57.809351+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."
}