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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-22",
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  "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/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“authorised officer”, in relation to a council, means any person (whether or not an officer of the council) who is authorised by it in writing, either generally or specifically, to act in matters arising under this Act;\n“cigarette papers” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n...\n“clerk of the council”, in relation to a council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;\n“council” means a district council;\n“the Department” means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;\n“filter” means a filter that is intended to be used when smoking a tobacco product or herbal smoking product (including a filter that forms part of, or that is intended to be inserted into, an item such as a cigarette holder or pipe);\n“herbal smoking product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“nicotine product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“nicotine product business” means a business involving the sale of nicotine products by retail;\n“notice” means notice in writing;\n“premises” includes any place and any vehicle, vessel, stall or moveable structure;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“the Register” has the meaning given in section 1(1);\n“registered”, “unregistered” and “the registration authority” have the meanings given in section 1(6);\n“registrable business” has the meaning given in section 1(1) (and references to a kind of registrable business have the meaning given in section 1(7));\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;\n“restricted premises order” means an order made under section 5;\n“restricted sale order” means an order made under section 6;\n“tobacco product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“tobacco business” means a business involving the sale of tobacco products, herbal smoking products or cigarette papers by retail.\n“vaping product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“vaping product business” means a business involving the sale of vaping products by retail;\n(2) In its application to this Act, the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 has effect as if in section 24(1) (notice by post) the word “registering” were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 26(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) omitted (29.10.2026) by virtue of Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 26(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 26(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(8), Sch. 10 para. 8; S.R. 2026/152, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 26(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 22(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 14 para. 26(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/4/section/22",
    "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."
}