{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-2011-act-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2012/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-2011-act-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2012/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/90",
  "legislation_title": "The Sunbeds (2011 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-2011-act-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into operation on 1st May 2012, insofar as not already in operation, the following provisions of the Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011:\nsection 1 prohibition on allowing use of sunbeds by persons under 18;\nsection 2 prohibition on sale or hire of sunbeds to persons under 18;\nsection 3 prohibition on allowing unsupervised use of sunbeds;\nsection 4 duty on sunbed operators, hirers and sellers to provide information to sunbed users, or buyers etc.;\nsection 5 duty on sunbed operators to display an information notice;\nsection 6 prohibition on the provision or display of other information;\nsection 7 provision of protective eyewear;\nsection 10 exemption for medical treatment;\nsection 11 enforcement by district councils;\nsection 12 fixed penalties for certain offences;\nsection 13 obstruction of authorised officers;\nsection 15 offences by bodies corporate etc;\nsection 16 regulations;\nSchedule 1 powers of authorised officers; and\nSchedule 2 fixed penalties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/90/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:11.156270+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."
}