Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
Northern Ireland Order in Council 1978 No. 1907 — creates 7 criminal offences.
7offences created
7recorded in force
0revoked
- Made
- 20 December 1978
- In force from
- Not determined
- Extent
- N.I.
- Subject
- Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Explanatory note
No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.
Offences created by this instrument
- Prohibition on sale of tobacco, etc. to persons apparently under 18Sale of tobacco etc article 3 · In force · Strict liability
- Prohibition on sale of tobacco, etc. to persons apparently under 18Sale of tobacco etc article 3(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Prohibition on sale of tobacco, etc. to persons apparently under 18Sale of tobacco etc article 3(1) · In force · Strict liability
- Control of automatic machines for sale of tobacco article 4(2) · In force · Strict liability
- Purchase of tobacco or nicotine products on behalf of persons under 18 article 4A(1) · In force · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Age of sale notice at point of sale article 4D(6) · In force · Strict liability
- Sale of vaping or nicotine products to under 18s article 4H(1) · In force · Strict liability
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1978