Explanatory note

These Regulations amend The Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 so that they apply to tobacco products, herbal smoking products, vaping products, nicotine products and cigarette papers. They also amend the return postal address and email address for the Tobacco Register NI to reflect the updated contact details.

These Regulations also amend The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 to amend the form of a fixed penalty notice and which may be issued in respect of offences as listed under section 12(1) of the Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

Regulation 4 revokes The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (SR ) as the amendments contained in those Regulations are now superseded.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.