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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2025 No. 9
Period Products (free Provision)
The Period Products (Department of Health Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Laid before Assembly in draft
Made
22nd January 2025
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Department of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) and (2)(a) of the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022(1) and after consultation in accordance with section 2(8)(a) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Period Products (Department of Health Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the day following the date on which they are made.
(3) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
Specific Public Service Bodies
2. The public service bodies to which the duty in section 2(1) of the Act applies are specified as follows—
(1) the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust(2);
(2) the Northern Health and Social Care Trust(3);
(3) the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust(4);
(4) the Southern Health and Social Care Trust(5); and
(5) the Western Health and Social Care Trust(6).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 22nd January 2025.
(L.S.)
Paul Montgomery
A senior officer of the Department of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations specify those public service bodies, falling within the functions of the Department of Health, that must ensure that period products are obtainable free of charge by persons in their premises who need to use them.
(1)
(2)
Established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); see S.R. 2006 No. 292
(3)
Established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); see S.R. 2006 No. 295
(4)
Established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); see S.R. 2006 No. 293
(5)
Established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); see S.R. 2006 No. 294
(6)
Established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); see S.R. 2006 No. 296
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