Smoke-free Areas (Enclosed Public Places) Regulations Amendment (ACT)

Smoke-free Areas (Enclosed Public Places) Regulations Amendment

Subordinate Law 2000 No  30

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Smoke-free Areas (Enclosed Public Places) Act 1994.

Dated 11 July 2000.

Michael Moore

Minister

Brendan smyth

Minister

1. Commencement

   These regulations commence at the expiration of 90 days after the day they are notified in the Gazette.

2. Regulations amended

   These regulations amend the Smoke-free Areas (Enclosed Public Places) Regulations.

3. Substitution

   Regulations 1 and 2 are repealed and the following regulation substituted:

“1      Name of regulations

These regulations are the Smoke-free Areas (Enclosed Public Places) Regulations 1994.”.

1. Addition

   The regulations are amended by adding at the end the following regulation and Schedule:

“6      Prescribed places where smoking allowed

For paragraph 5 (4) (b) of the Act, a place mentioned in Schedule 1 is prescribed in the circumstances mentioned in the Schedule for the place.

“SCHEDULE 1  (See reg 6)

Places exempted in certain circumstances

Place	Circumstance
1	an area in a building occupied by the University of Canberra that is designated in writing by the Vice-Chancellor of the university as a place where research may be carried out into the effects of smoking	if all the persons taking part in the research are at least 18 years old and the building has equipment that will prevent air moving from the designated area to another area occupied by the university where smoking is not allowed

2 enclosed car parks if the car park is fitted with equipment that can maintain air quality in accordance with Australian Standard 1668.2.”.

Endnotes

Regulations amended

1. SL 1994 No 37 (not republished).

Notification

1. Notified in the Gazette on 20 July 2000.

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