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PUBLIC HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 2015 (NO. 4 OF 2015) - SECT 26

Section 67I inserted

After section 67H of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 1A:

67I.     Designated smoking areas in relation to public events

(1)  A person who intends to conduct a public event may apply to the Director to have the Director approve as a designated smoking area a part of an area that has been declared to be a smoke-free area in connection with –
(a) the public event; or
(b) a class of public events of which the public event is a member.
(2)  The Director may, after receiving an application under subsection (1) from a person, issue an approval to the person in respect of a public event.
(3)  The Director may only issue an approval under subsection (2) in respect of a public event if the area specified in the approval to be a designated smoking area –
(a) is within an area that has been declared to be a smoke-free area in connection with –
(i) the public event; or
(ii) a class of public events of which the public event is a member; and
(b) is not an enclosed area.
(4)  An approval in respect of a public event is to –
(a) specify the person to whom the approval has been issued; and
(b) specify the public event or events to which the approval relates; and
(c) specify the area, within a smoke-free area, that is the designated smoking area to which the approval relates; and
(d) specify the conditions in relation to the approval that the Director thinks fit.
(5)  A person to whom an approval is issued under subsection (2) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the conditions imposed on the approval are complied with.
Penalty:  In relation to –
(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units; or
(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(6)  The Director may, by notice to the person to whom an approval has been issued –
(a) revoke the approval; or
(b) vary, revoke or add to any condition of the approval.



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