Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 67B

      (1) A smoke-free area is any of the following:

(a) an enclosed public place;

(b) an enclosed workplace;

(c) any area not within private premises designated by the occupier of the area as a smoke-free area;

(d) any area of an outdoor sporting or cultural venue containing reserved seating;

(e) an area within 3 metres of an entrance to or exit from any non-domestic building or multiple-use building;

(f) an area within 10 metres of any air intake for ventilation equipment on or in a multiple-use building or a non-domestic building;

(g) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(h) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(i) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(j) in an outdoor dining area where tables are provided, an area consisting of not less than 50% of those tables, grouped together in one part of that dining area;

(k) in an outdoor dining area where no tables are provided, an area consisting of not less than 50% of the seating in that dining area, grouped together in one part of that dining area.

      (2) The following are not smoke-free areas unless designated as such:

(a) any open deck area of a ship or vessel;

(b) any personal living area of any place providing accommodation for a fee, residential care facility or prison from which smoke drift to any smoke-free area cannot reasonably occur;

(c) an area within 3 metres of an entrance to or exit from any non-domestic building or multiple-use building in any period during which food purchased from the occupier of the building is consumed within that area at a table provided by the occupier;

(d) an outdoor smoking area;

(e) in an outdoor dining area where tables are provided, an area consisting of not more than 50% of those tables, grouped together in one part of that dining area;

(f) in an outdoor dining area where no tables are provided, an area consisting of not more than 50% of the seating in that dining area, grouped together in one part of that dining area.