Section 142 Addition of smoke-free places in EnglandI1

The Health Act 2006 is amended as follows.

For section 4 substitute—

“Additional smoke-free places

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(1)

The Secretary of State may make regulations designating as smoke-free any place in England that—

(a)

is a workplace, or

(b)

is open to the public,

and is not smoke-free under section 2.

(2)

If the place is used as a place of work or open to the public only some of the time the regulations must provide for it to be smoke-free only when so used.

(3)

The regulations may, in particular—

(a)

provide for places or vehicles to be smoke-free, in specified circumstances, at specified times or if specified conditions are satisfied (or any combination of those);

(b)

provide for exceptions, which may be framed by reference to the designation by a person of areas which are not smoke-free.

(4)

Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consult any persons the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.”

In section 5 (vehicles)—