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The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012

S.I. 2012/1536 · Made 11 June 2012 · Extends to England and Wales

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Public Health, England

Made 11th June 2012

Laid before Parliament 19th June 2012

Coming into force 1st October 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2), (3) and (4) of the Health Act 2006f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 28 The Secretary of State is the “appropriate national authority” in relation to England under section 82(1) of the Health Act 2006. See section 71(1) for the definition of “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
  2. 2Duty to display no-smoking signs in vehicles
  3. 3Requirements as to display of no-smoking signs in premises
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, application and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st October 2012.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(3)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Act” means the Health Act 2006;

F1(b)

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(c)

“smoke-free premises” means all public premises and workplaces which are smoke-free by virtue of section 2 or 4 of the Act, other than those exempt by virtue of regulations made under section 3 of the Actf1.

2Duty to display no-smoking signs in vehiclesI1

Any person with management responsibilities for F1a vehicle that is smoke-free by virtue of regulation 11(1) of the Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007, shall be under a duty corresponding to that mentioned in section 6(1) of the Act to ensure that at least one legible no-smoking sign is displayed in that vehicle.

3Requirements as to display of no-smoking signs in premisesI1

At least one legible no-smoking sign must be displayed in smoke-free premises in accordance with the duty at section 6(1) of the Act.

4RevocationI1

The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2007f1 are revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Anne Milton

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

11th June 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) and replace the detailed requirements for no smoking signs prescribed by the 2007 Regulations with a requirement that at least one legible no-smoking sign must be displayed.

Regulation 2 requires at least one legible no-smoking sign to be displayed in smoke-free vehicles.

Regulation 3 requires at least one legible no-smoking sign to be displayed in smoke-free premises.

Regulation 4 revokes the 2007 Regulations.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available on the Department of Health website at: http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/category/transparency/ias/ and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.