Citation and commencement1

Thes Regulations may be cited as the Period Products (Department of Justice Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 12th May 2024.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • “accommodation” means accommodation leased or owned by a specific public service body for the purpose of effecting its statutory functions;

  • “PSNI” means the Police Service of Northern Ireland as established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 20002;

  • “NIPB” means the Northern Ireland Policing Board as established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000;

  • “OPONI” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland as established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 19983;

  • “PBNI” means the Probation Board for Northern Ireland as established under the Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 19824;

  • “CJINI” means the office of the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland as established under the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 20025;

  • “NIPF” means the Northern Ireland Police Fund as established under the Northern Ireland Police Fund Regulations 20166;

  • “RUCGF” means The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Foundation as established under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000;

  • “PRRT” means the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust as established under the Police Rehabilitation and Retaining Trust Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20147;

  • “service users” means persons who are in the premises of a specified public service body to make use of the services to the public provided there by the specified public body;

  • “staff” means employees or agency workers in the premises of a specified public service body;

  • “the Act” means the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; and

  • “visitors” means persons with legitimate reason for being in the premises of a specified public service body, such as attending meetings or events or providing a function or service.

Specified public service bodies3

The bodies listed in the Schedule are specified as public service as public service bodies to which the duty in section 2(3) of the Act applies.

Description of premises and persons4

For the purposes of section 2(3) of the Act—

a

the descriptions of premises listed in column 2 of the Table below are to be treated as being premises of the specified public service body listed at column 1; and

b

the descriptions of persons listed in column 3 of the Table below are to be treated as being in the premises of the specified public body listed at column 1.

Table 1

Column 1 – Specified Public Service Body

Column 2 – Descriptions of Premises

Column 3 – Descriptions of Persons in Premises

(a) (i)

PSNI

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(a) (ii)

PSNI

PSNI administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(b) (i)

NIPB

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(b) (ii)

NIPB

NIPB administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(c) (i)

OPONI

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(c) (ii)

OPONI

OPONI administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(d) (i)

PBNI

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(d) (ii)

PBNI

PBNI administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(e) (i)

CJINI

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(e) (ii)

CJINI

CJINI administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(f) (i)

NIPF

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public and which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(f) (ii)

NIPF

NIPF administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(g) (i)

RUCGCF

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(g) (ii)

RUCGCF

RUCGCF administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

(h) (i)

PRRT

All staffed buildings used for the delivery to the public which are normally open to the public

(i) service users

(ii) staff

(iii) visitors

(h) (ii)

PRRT

PRRT administrative accommodation

(i) staff

(ii) visitors

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 29th April 2024

seal_r00001Naomi LongMinister of Justice