{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/26",
  "legislation_title": "Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Levy on sugar sweetened drinks",
  "text": "(1) The Department must carry out a study on a levy on sugar sweetened drinks within two years of enactment of this Act.\n(2) The study required by subsection (1) should include—\n(a) a definition of sugar sweetened drinks;\n(b) which sugar sweetened drinks should be subject to a levy;\n(c) factors to be considered in determining and administering a levy;\n(d) the financial rate at which a levy may be set;\n(e) the anticipated health and economic impacts of the levy; and\n(f) the options for funding measures to address adverse health conditions associated with the consumption of sugary drinks derived from the levy revenue.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/26/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:06.084957+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."
}