Period Products (free Provision) Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 29th April 2024. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “ the Department ” means the Department for the Economy; “ in use ” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(b); “ learning ” means the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught; “ non-educational purposes ” means activities relating to administrative matters, student accommodation, canteen/eating facilities, leisure facilities and sport facilities; “ premises ” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(a); “ staff ” means employees, agency workers or volunteers in the premises of a specified public service body; “ students ” means people enrolled with the relevant specified public service body; “ the Act ” means the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; and “ visitors ” means a person with legitimate reason for being in the premises of a specified public service body, such as attending meetings or organised events. Specified public service bodies 3 1 The Department specifies the bodies listed at paragraph (2) as public service bodies to which the duty in section 2(3) of the Act applies. 2 The specified public service bodies are— a Further Education Colleges – i Belfast Metropolitan College; ii Northern Regional College; iii North West Regional College; iv South Eastern Regional College; v Southern Regional College; and vi South West College. b Higher Education Institutions – i Queen’s University, Belfast; ii St Mary’s University College; iii Stranmillis University College; iv The Open University NI; and v Ulster University. c Invest Northern Ireland; d the Consumer Council; e the Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland; f the Fair Employment Tribunal; g the Industrial Tribunal; h the Labour Relations Agency; and i Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Descriptions of persons and premises 4 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 premises listed in column 2 of the Table below will be considered to be in use when they are open for student and/or staff use; and c the descriptions of persons listed at column 3 of the Table below are to be treated as being in the premises of the specified public service body listed at column 1. Table Column 1 - Specified Public Service Body Column 2 - Descriptions of Premises Column 3- Descriptions of persons in premises (a) (i) – (vi) Further Education Colleges All buildings, both those used for learning and those used for non-educational purposes, which form part of the premises of the body. (i) students; (ii) staff; and (iii) visitors (b) (i)-(iv) Higher Education Institutions All buildings, both those used for learning and those used for non-educational purposes, which form part of the premises of the body. (i) students; (ii) staff; and (iii) visitors. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 29th April 2024. Conor Murphy Minister of the Department for the Economy