Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SCAFFOLDING AND LIFTS ACT 1912 - SECT 12A

    (1)     The lessee of a building containing a passenger lift shall ensure—

        (a)     that a notice bearing the words ‘SMOKING IS PROHIBITED', or words to the like effect, is at all times displayed in a prominent part of the car of the lift; and

        (b)     that the notice is clearly visible and readily legible from the inside of the car.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     A person using a passenger lift where such a notice is displayed shall not smoke in the car of the lift.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) that the commission of the offence arose out of the act of a person other than an employee of the defendant, being an act done without the knowledge or consent of the defendant.