{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-16.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": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Council's duty to share information about enforcement",
  "text": "(1) Every council must make available to every other council, the registration authority and the Department such information relating to—\n(a) fixed penalty notices given in respect of tobacco , vape or nicotine offences committed in the district of that council,\n(b) convictions in respect of tobacco , vape or nicotine offences committed in the district of that council, and\n(c) restricted premises orders and restricted sale orders made on an application by that council,\nas the other council, the registration authority or, as the case may be, the Department may require.\n(2) Information made available under subsection (1) to a council or the registration authority may be used by the council or the registration authority only for the purpose of enabling it or assisting it to perform its functions under this Act.\n(3) In this section “tobacco, vape or nicotine offence” means an offence falling within section 5(14) or 6(8).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(1)(a) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 25(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(1)(b) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 25(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 16(3) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 25(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in operation at 6.4.2016 by S.R. 2016/101, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/4/section/16",
    "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."
}