The Tobacco Retailer (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
S.R. 2026/156 · Made 9 September 2026 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Public Health
Made 9th September 2026
Coming into operation 29th October 2026
The Department of Healthf1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(2), 8(5), 12(7) and 24(3) of the Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014f2.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (see 2016 c. 5)
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Contents
- 1Citation and Commencement
- 2Amendment of the Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
- 3Amendment of the Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
- 4Revocation
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and CommencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as The Tobacco Retailer (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026.
Except as provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into operation on 29th October 2026.
Regulation 3(2)(b) comes into operation on 1st January 2027.
2Amendment of the Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016I1
The Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 are amended as follows.
In Schedule 1—
in section 3 (Premises details), after “Please specify ____________________” insert—
“”
in section 4 (Declaration)—
for “tobacco” substitute “tobacco products, herbal smoking products, vaping products, nicotine products or cigarette papers”;
in the return postal address, for “Tobacco Register NI” substitute “The Northern Ireland Tobacco, Vape and Nicotine Retail Register”;
in the email address, for “tobaccoregister” substitute “nitvnretailregister”.
in section 5 (Additional premises sheet), after “Please specify ____________________” insert—
“”
In Schedule 2—
in the heading of the notice, omit “Tobacco”;
in paragraph 2 of the notice, for “Tobacco” substitute “tobacco products, herbal smoking products, vaping products, nicotine products”.
3Amendment of the Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016I1I2
The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 are amended as follows.
In the Schedule (fixed penalty notice)—
in Parts 1 and 2, omit “/the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016”;
in Parts 1 and 2, omit “/Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991”.
in Part 3, in paragraph 5, after “cheque,”, insert “online or electronic payment,”.
4RevocationI1
The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021f1 are revoked.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 9th September 2026
L.S.
Siobhan Broderick
A senior officer of the Department of Health
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend The Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 so that they apply to tobacco products, herbal smoking products, vaping products, nicotine products and cigarette papers. They also amend the return postal address and email address for the Tobacco Register NI to reflect the updated contact details.
These Regulations also amend The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 to amend the form of a fixed penalty notice and which may be issued in respect of offences as listed under section 12(1) of the Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.