# Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Section 22: Interpretation


(1) In this Act—
“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;
“cigarette papers” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
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“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;
“council” means a district council;
“the Department” means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;
“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);
“herbal smoking product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“nicotine product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“nicotine product business” means a business involving the sale of nicotine products by retail;
“notice” means notice in writing;
“premises” includes any place and any vehicle, vessel, stall or moveable structure;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;
“the Register” has the meaning given in section 1(1);
“registered”, “unregistered” and “the registration authority” have the meanings given in section 1(6);
“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));
“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;
“restricted premises order” means an order made under section 5;
“restricted sale order” means an order made under section 6;
“tobacco product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“tobacco business” means a business involving the sale of tobacco products, herbal smoking products or cigarette papers by retail.
“vaping product” has the meaning given by Article 7 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“vaping product business” means a business involving the sale of vaping products by retail;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/4/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-22
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