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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017-commencement-no-6-order-2021/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2021/202",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017-commencement-no-6-order-2021",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 March 2021",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1 March 2021, so far as not already in force—\n(a) section 4 (smoking);\n(b) section 5 (offence of smoking in smoke-free premises or vehicle);\n(c) section 6 (offence of failing to prevent smoking in smoke-free premises);\n(d) section 7 (workplaces);\n(e) section 8 (premises that are open to the public);\n(f) section 9 (outdoor care settings for children);\n(g) section 10 (school grounds);\n(h) section 11 (hospital grounds);\n(i) section 12 (public playgrounds);\n(j) section 13 (additional smoke-free premises);\n(k) section 14 (further provision about additional smoke-free premises: dwellings);\n(l) section 17 (signs: smoke-free premises);\n(m) section 18 (enforcement authorities);\n(n) section 19 (powers of entry);\n(o) section 20 (warrant to enter dwelling);\n(p) section 21 (warrant to enter other premises);\n(q) section 22 (supplementary provision about powers of entry);\n(r) section 23 (powers of inspection etc.);\n(s) section 24 (obstruction etc. of officers);\n(t) section 25 (retained property: appeals);\n(u) section 26 (appropriated property: compensation);\n(v) section 27 (fixed penalty notices);\n(w) section 28 (interpretation of this Chapter);\n(x) section 29 (consequential amendments);\n(y) Schedule 1 (fixed penalties); and\n(z) Schedule 2 (smoking: consequential amendments).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/202/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:53.723908+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}