The Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Year | 2024 |
| Citation | SR 2024/101 |
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2024 No. 101Period Products (free Provision)
The Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024Laid before the Assembly in draft
Made
29th April 2024
Coming into operation
29th April 2024
The Department for the Economy(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1), (2)(c) and (d), (7)(a), (b) and (c), and (9) of the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022(2) and after consultation in accordance with section 2(8) of that Act.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 29th April 2024.
Interpretation2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Department” means the Department for the Economy;
“in use” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(b);
“learning” means the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught;
“non-educational purposes” means activities relating to administrative matters, student accommodation, canteen/eating facilities, leisure facilities and sport facilities;
“premises” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(a);
“staff” means employees, agency workers or volunteers in the premises of a specified public service body;
“students” means people enrolled with the relevant specified public service body;
“the Act” means the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; and
“visitors” means a person with legitimate reason for being in the premises of a specified public service body, such as attending meetings or organised events.
Specified public service bodies3.—(1) The Department specifies the bodies listed at paragraph (2) as public service bodies to which the duty in section 2(3) of the Act applies.
(2) The specified public service bodies are—
(a)Further Education Colleges –
(i)Belfast Metropolitan College;
(ii)Northern Regional College;
(iii)North West Regional College;
(iv)South Eastern Regional College;
(v)Southern Regional College; and
(vi)South West College.
(b)Higher Education Institutions –
(i)Queen’s University, Belfast;
(ii)St Mary’s University College;
(iii)Stranmillis University College;
(iv)The Open University NI; and
(v)Ulster University.
(c)Invest Northern Ireland;
(d)the Consumer Council;
(e)the Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland;
(f)the Fair Employment Tribunal;
(g)the Industrial Tribunal;
(h)the Labour Relations Agency; and
(i)Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
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