Smoke-free Environment Regulation 2016
9Requirement to keep doors and windows locked open
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9 Requirement to keep doors and windows locked open
9 Requirement to keep doors and windows locked open
(1) The occupier of an enclosed public place who facilitates smoking in that place (in reliance on clause 8) as a result of doors or windows being locked fully open is guilty of an offence unless the doors or windows concerned are kept locked fully open for the entire hours of operation of the place on each day during which the occupier facilitates smoking there.
Maximum penalty:
(a) 5 penalty units, in the case of a natural person, or
(b) 25 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(2) The hours of operation of a place are the hours during which the place is open as a public place.