AQW 4446/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 03/10/2016
Answered On Date: 19/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the number of retailers given fixed penalties under the Tobacco Retailers Act 2014 during the 2015/16 financial year.

Answer:

Regulations introducing fixed penalty notices for a number of tobacco-related offences under the Tobacco Retailers Act (NI) 2014 came into operation on 1 July 2016.

Therefore, no tobacco retailers were issued with fixed penalty notices during the 2015/16 financial year.