{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2007/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/923",
  "legislation_title": "The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-signs-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "No-smoking signs in premises",
  "text": "(1) Except where paragraphs (3) and (4) apply, at each entrance to smoke-free premises there shall be displayed in a prominent position at least one no-smoking sign which—\n(a) is at least A5 size;\n(b) displays the no-smoking symbol; and\n(c) contains, in characters that can be easily read by persons using the entrance, the words—\n“No smoking. It is against the law to smoke in these premises”.\n(2) For the words required by sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there may be substituted words which differ only in that for “these premises” there are substituted words which refer to the particular smoke-free premises in which a sign is displayed (such as “this hotel”).\n(3) This paragraph applies to an entrance which is—\n(a) an entrance to smoke-free premises from other smoke-free premises; or\n(b) an entrance solely for persons to their place of work where that place is in premises which have another entrance at which there is displayed in a prominent position a sign which complies with paragraphs (1) and (2).\n(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, a no-smoking sign which displays only the no-smoking symbol may be displayed in a prominent position at the entrance instead of a no-smoking sign which complies with paragraphs (1) and (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/923/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:57:04.833297+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."
}