Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Specialist Tobacconists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2015.

(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002.

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.