The Department for the Economy has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024" (S.R. 2024 No. 101) which came into operation on 29th April 2024.

This Rule specifies the public service bodies that are subject to the duty in section 2(3) of the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (specified public service bodies). It specifies which premises are to be treated as premises of a specified public service body for the purposes of the Act, describes when these premises are considered to be in use for the purposes of the Act and provides for descriptions of persons to be treated as in those specified public service bodies’ premises for the purposes of the Act.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr