{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/19",
  "legislation_title": "Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sunbeds-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Exemption for medical treatment",
  "text": "(1) No offence is committed under this Act in respect of any use of a sunbed that falls within subsection (2).\n(2) The use of a sunbed falls within this subsection if—\n(a) the use is for the purpose of medical treatment provided under the supervision or direction of a registered medical practitioner; and\n(b) the sunbed is a dedicated sunbed in, or provided by, a healthcare establishment.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n“dedicated sunbed” means a sunbed that is made available only for use for the purpose of medical treatment;\n“healthcare establishment” means a hospital, an independent hospital, independent clinic or independent medical agency within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 9);\n“registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54) who holds a licence to practise under that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in operation at 1.5.2012 by S.R. 2012/90, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/19/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:46.542723+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."
}