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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)