Section 8 Key definitionsI1
Northern Ireland
In this Act—
(a)
“period products” means manufactured articles the purpose of which is to absorb or collect menstrual flow;
(b)
types of period products include tampons, sanitary towels and articles which are reusable;
(c)
“person”, in the context of a reference to a person who needs to use period products, means a person who menstruates (whether that person is a woman, girl or other person);
(d)
references to such a person’s “needs” are references to that person’s needs for period products arising from menstruation by that person.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 8 in operation at 13.5.2022, see s. 10(1)(b)