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Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) Regulations 2007 No. 787 (W. 68)
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| Summary: |
These Regulations make provision concerning the prohibition of smoking in certain premises and vehicles pursuant to powers contained in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Health Act 2006.
In relation to premises they specify, in regulation 2, the meaning of "enclosed" and "substantially enclosed" for the purposes of section 2 of the Act, which provides that premises are smoke-free only in those areas which are enclosed or substantially enclosed.
They specify descriptions of premises which are not smoke-free and specify circumstances and conditions in which and times at which certain premises or areas of premises are not smoke-free (regulation 3).
The regulations also make provision for descriptions of vehicle and the circumstances in which such vehicles are to be smoke-free (regulation 4).
Regulations 5 and 6 prescribe the requirements for contents and display of no-smoking signs in premises and vehicles. They also impose a duty to display signs in relevant vehicles on operators, drivers and persons responsible for order or safety on such vehicles.
Regulation 7 imposes a duty on such operators, drivers and persons responsible for safety or order to cause persons smoking in smoke-free vehicles to stop smoking.
Regulation 8 designates county councils and county borough councils in Wales as enforcement authorities and provides for transfer of responsibility between enforcement authorities.
Regulation 9 introduces the schedule to the regulations which contains penalty notice forms to be used by enforcement authorities.
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| Made Under: |
Health Act 2006 (c.28) - sections 2(5), 3, 5(1) and (2), 6, 8(3), 10 and 79(3) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1
Welsh Language Act 1993 (C. 38) - section 26
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