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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-vehicle-operators-and-penalty-notices-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/760",
  "legislation_title": "The Smoke-free (Vehicle Operators and Penalty Notices) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-free-vehicle-operators-and-penalty-notices-regulations-2007",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations made under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health Act 2006 contain provisions which relate to smoke-free places (premises and vehicles) in England.\nRegulation 2 provides that the driver, any person with management responsibilities for a smoke-free vehicle and any person on a smoke-free vehicle with responsibility for safety or order on that vehicle are each under a duty to cause persons to cease smoking in the vehicle.\nRegulation 3 and Schedules 1 and 2 set out fixed penalty forms.\nSchedule 1 applies to the offence of failing to display a no smoking sign in accordance with requirements made by or under section 6 of the Act. The maximum penalty on conviction for that offence is a fine of level 3 on the standard scale (at present £1,000), the fixed penalty is £200 and the discounted amount for prompt payment is £150.\nSchedule 2 applies to the offence of smoking in a smoke-free place under section 7 of the Act. The maximum penalty on conviction is a fine of level 1 on the standard scale (at present £200), the fixed penalty is £50 and the discounted amount for prompt payment is £30.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for these Regulations and a copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Smokefree Legislation Team, Room 712, Department of Health, Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/760/note",
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  "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."
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