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TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS ACT 1998 - SECT 26ZKD
Person must not smoke at or near under-age sporting event
26ZKD Person must not smoke at or near under-age sporting event
(1) A person must not smoke at a sporting ground or the viewing area for a
water sport during— (a) an organised under-age sporting event; or
(b) a
training or practice session to prepare for an
organised under-age sporting event; or
(c) any break or interval during the
organised under-age sporting event or the training or practice session.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) A person must not
smoke on land within 10m beyond the boundary of a sporting ground or the
viewing area for a water sport (the
"buffer zone" ) during a period smoking is prohibited under subsection (1) .
Penalty— Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2) does
not apply to a person— (a) in the buffer zone at residential premises or on
land on which residential premises may lawfully be built; or
(b) in the
buffer zone at business premises; or
(c) travelling through the buffer zone
in a motor vehicle.
(4) In this section—
"organised under-age sporting event" means a sporting event— (a) organised
in advance; and
(b) organised or intended for, or predominately participated
in by, persons under 18; and
(c) conducted by a professional or amateur
sporting body or educational institution according to established rules.
"skate park" see section 26ZKC (3) .
"sporting ground" — (a) means 1 or more of the following places (each a
"playing area" )— (i) a court, field or oval marked for use to play 1 or
more sports; Examples— a soccer field, a cricket oval, a tennis or
basketball court
(ii) a running track;
(iii) a racing track for bicycles;
(iv) a textured surface used for athletics; and
(b) includes— (i) any area,
seating or other structure provided for persons to observe players and
competitors at the playing area; and
(ii) any area reserved for players,
competitors, umpires or other officials for a game being played at the
playing area; and
(iii) any waiting or warm-up area for players or
competitors waiting to enter the playing area; but
(c) does not include a
bicycle path, a skate park, a path shared by cyclists and pedestrians or a
horse racing track.
"viewing area" , for a water sport, means the area set aside for viewing the
water sport.
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