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The Sunbeds (Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/91 · Made 5 March 2012

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Public Health

Made 5th March 2012

Coming into operation 1st May 2012

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(11), 5(4) and 16(1) of the Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 c.19 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Provision of information
  3. 3Display Notice
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Sunbeds (Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2012.

(2)

In these Regulations “the Act” means the Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

2Provision of information

The health and other information required to be provided to a person in accordance with sections 4(2), (3), (5) or (7) of the Act shall—

(a)

contain the information set out in Schedule 1;

(b)

be provided on a flat and rectangular document;

(c)

be at least A4 in size; and

(d)

be printed in black characters, which can be easily read, on a yellow background.

3Display Notice

A notice required to be displayed in sunbed premises in accordance with section 5(2) of the Act shall—

(a)

contain the health and other information set out in Schedule 2;

(b)

be at least A3 in size, and

(c)

be printed in black characters, at least 20 millimetres in size, on a yellow background.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th March 2012

L.S.

Dr Elizabeth Mitchell

A senior officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision under the Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (“the Act”) in relation to the health and other information which must be provided to persons buying, hiring or proposing to use a sunbed.

Regulation 2 prescribes the content of the health and other information which must be provided in terms of Article 4 of the Act by a sunbed operator, seller or hirer of sunbeds, to a person who proposes to use, hire or buy a sunbed and the form in which that information must be provided.

Regulation 3 prescribes the content and form of the notice to be displayed in sunbed premises in accordance with section 5 of the Act.

These regulations were notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC.