TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTROL REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 8
TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTROL REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 8
8 . Enclosed public places
(1) A public place or
a part of a public place that has the features mentioned in
subregulations (2) and (3) is an enclosed public place for the purposes
of this Part.
(2) An enclosed public
place is covered by a roof or a part of a roof.
(3) An enclosed public
place is configured so that the total vertical surface area of the solid
material in the walls is more than 50% of the notional vertical surface
area of the place as assessed in accordance with regulation 9.
(4) The total vertical
surface area of the solid material in the walls is to be assessed
by —
(a)
multiplying the following —
(i)
the length of each wall under the roof or the part of a
roof plus the length of each wall and each section of a wall that is 1 m or
less beyond the perimeter of the roof or the part of a roof when measured
horizontally from the perimeter of the roof or the part of the roof;
(ii)
the actual height of the walls and wall sections
mentioned in subparagraph (i);
and
(b)
deducting the total vertical surface area of the open parts of the walls or
wall sections mentioned in paragraph (a)(i).
(5) The total vertical
surface area of solid material in a wall is to be assessed as if each window,
door or vertical retractable covering in or adjacent to the wall —
(a) is
closed; and
(b)
forms part of the wall.
(6) A place is not an
enclosed public place for the purposes of this Part if it is covered by a roof
or a part of a roof and is bounded by only —
(a) one
straight wall; or
(b)
2 straight walls that are set in an angle of 90 degrees or more.
(7) A part of a public
place may be an enclosed public place even though —
(a) it
is part of a public place that is not an enclosed public place; or
(b) it
is part of another part of a public place that is not an enclosed public
plac*e.
[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette
10 Sep 2010 p. 4379.]