{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-44.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/507",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/44",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Sponsorship of events etc. : Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) No person in Northern Ireland may in the course of a business provide electronic cigarette sponsorship to—\n(a) a cross-border event or activity;\n(b) an individual taking part in a cross-border event or activity.\n(1A) In this regulation “cross-border event or activity” means an event or activity which takes place in or has an effect in—\n(a) Northern Ireland and one or more member States, or\n(b) two or more member States.\n(2) In this regulation “electronic cigarette sponsorship” means any form of public or private contribution to any event, activity or individual, with the aim or direct or indirect effect of promoting an electronic cigarette or refill container.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 44(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(29)(b)(i) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(34) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 44(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(29)(b)(ii) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(34) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 44(1A) inserted by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(29)(c) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(34) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 44 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(29)(a) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(34) (with reg. 5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:36:22.754234+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."
}