Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the licensee of--
(a) premises to which a commercial hotel licence or community club licence under the Liquor Act 1992 applies; or
(b) premises, to which a commercial special facility licence under the Liquor Act 1992 applies, that contain all or part of a casino.
(2) The licensee may designate a part of the licensed outdoor area of the premises as an area in which drinking and smoking is allowed (a designated outdoor smoking area) by posting a diagram or other notice clearly showing the limits of the area.
(3) There may be more than 1 designated outdoor smoking area at the premises.
(4) The licensee must not designate a part or parts of the licensed outdoor area of the premises under subsection (2) other than in compliance with this section.
Maximum penalty--140 penalty units.
(5) The total area of the designated outdoor smoking area or areas must not be more than 50% of the whole licensed outdoor area of the premises.
(6) Each designated outdoor smoking area must have buffers on its perimeter wherever it is adjacent to other parts of the outdoor area of the premises ordinarily accessed by patrons.
(7) Each buffer must be--
(a) a screen, impervious to smoke, at least 2.1m high; or
(b) an area, at least 2m wide, in which patrons are not permitted to eat, drink or smoke.
Examples--
a thick screening hedge, 2.1m high
an artificial screen, 2.1m high
a garden or pathway, 2m wide
(8) For a buffer mentioned in subsection (7)(b), at least half of its area must be taken from the area that would otherwise form part of the designated outdoor smoking area.
(9) There may not be a designated outdoor smoking area at the premises if any part of the licensed outdoor area of the premises has been designated under section 26W(4) as an area where no food or drink may be consumed.