{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/4",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Use of proceeds",
  "text": "(1) A council may use any sums it receives in pursuance of final notices given under paragraph 4 (its “financial penalty receipts”) only for the purposes of its functions under this Act.\n(2) A council must supply the Department with such information relating to its use of its financial penalty receipts as the Department may require.\n(3) Regulations may make provision for what a council is to do with its financial penalty receipts—\n(a) pending their being used for the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (1);\n(b) if they are not used for those purposes within a period of time specified in the regulations and beginning with their receipt.\n(4) The provision that may be made under sub-paragraph (3)(b) includes (in particular) provision for the payment of sums to a person (including the Department) other than the council.\n(5) Regulations may make provision for accounting arrangements in respect of a council's financial penalty receipts.\n(6) Before making regulations under this paragraph, the Department must consult—\n(a) councils, and\n(b) such other persons as the Department considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(2)(8), Sch. 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/4/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:29.663694+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."
}