(1) A person must not smoke in an enclosed workplace.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following—
(a) residential premises, other than a part of residential premises being used for carrying on a business while one or more persons who do not reside at the premises are present in that part;
S. 5A(2)(b) repealed by No. 45/2005 s. 23(1).
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(c) an outdoor dining or drinking area;
S. 5A(2)(d) substituted by No. 45/2005 s. 23(2).
(d) a declared smoking area of a casino;
(e) a vehicle;
(f) a place of business occupied by the sole operator of the business that is not for the use of members of the public;
(g) a personal sleeping or living area of—
(i) premises providing accommodation to members of the public for a fee; or
(ii) a residential care facility;
S. 5A(2)(h) amended by No. 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 30).
(h) an area in a designated mental health service (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2014 ) that is declared, or that is in a class of area that is declared, by the Secretary, by notice published in the Government Gazette, to be a smoking area;
S. 5A(2)(i) repealed by No. 45/2014 s. 7.
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(j) a detention centre established for the purposes of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth.
(3) If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a person is contravening subsection (1), the inspector, on producing his or her identity card, may direct the person to cease the contravention.
(4) A person who is contravening subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction by an inspector to cease the contravention.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
S. 5B inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 7(1), substituted by No. 45/2005 s. 5.