{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-4C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-retailers-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-4C.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/4C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4C",
  "heading": "Financial penalties for breach of licence conditions",
  "text": "(1) A council may impose a financial penalty on a person if satisfied that—\n(a) the person has breached a condition attached to a personal licence or a premises licence, and\n(b) the breach of that condition does not constitute an offence under section 4B.\n(2) The amount of the financial penalty must not exceed £2,500.\n(3) Regulations may amend the amount specified in subsection (2) for the purpose of reflecting inflation.\n(4) Schedule 2 makes further provision about the imposition of financial penalties under this section.\n(5) In this section “personal licence” and “premises licence” have the meaning given by section 4A(7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4A-4C and cross-heading inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 88(1), 175(2)(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/4/section/4C",
    "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."
}