Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998
sec.145Person must not smoke at a patrolled beach
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sec.145 Person must not smoke at a patrolled beach
A person must not smoke in a patrolled beach area of a patrolled beach. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In this section— line means an imaginary line. patrolled beach is a beach on which red and yellow flags mark the boundaries for safe swimming at the beach. patrolled beach area , of a patrolled beach, is the area within— a line, at right angles to 1 end of a straight line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and another straight line, at right angles to the other end of the line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and a line joining the landward ends of the lines mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) that follows the boundary of any registered land; and a straight line joining the seaward ends of the lines mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) . registered land means— freehold land on the freehold land register under the Land Title Act 1994 ; or leasehold land, road, reserve, trust land, licence, permit or State Housing lease, recorded on a register under the Land Act 1994 . seawards means in the direction of the water to which the flags relate. s 145 ins 2004 No. 47 s 40 (sec.145-ssec.1) A person must not smoke in a patrolled beach area of a patrolled beach. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.145-ssec.2) In this section— line means an imaginary line. patrolled beach is a beach on which red and yellow flags mark the boundaries for safe swimming at the beach. patrolled beach area , of a patrolled beach, is the area within— a line, at right angles to 1 end of a straight line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and another straight line, at right angles to the other end of the line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and a line joining the landward ends of the lines mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) that follows the boundary of any registered land; and a straight line joining the seaward ends of the lines mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) . registered land means— freehold land on the freehold land register under the Land Title Act 1994 ; or leasehold land, road, reserve, trust land, licence, permit or State Housing lease, recorded on a register under the Land Act 1994 . seawards means in the direction of the water to which the flags relate.
- (a) a line, at right angles to 1 end of a straight line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and
- (b) another straight line, at right angles to the other end of the line between the flags, extending seawards for 50m and landwards to the extent of any registered land; and
- (c) a line joining the landward ends of the lines mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) that follows the boundary of any registered land; and