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TOBACCO PRODUCTS REGULATION (PROHIBITION ON SMOKING IN CHILDRENS RECREATIONAL PARKS) AMENDMENT BILL 2007

South Australia

Tobacco Products Regulation (Prohibition on Smoking in Children's Recreational Parks) Amendment Bill 2007

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Tobacco Products Regulation Act 1997.


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Tobacco Products Regulation Act 1997
4 Amendment of section 48—Smoking banned in certain places when child present


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tobacco Products Regulation (Prohibition on Smoking in Children's Recreational Parks) Amendment Bill 2007.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation 1 month after the day on which it is assented to by the Governor.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Tobacco Products Regulation Act 1997

4—Amendment of section 48—Smoking banned in certain places when child present

(1) Section 48—after subsection (1) insert:

(1a) A person must not smoke in a children's recreational park if a child is also present in the park.

Maximum penalty: $200.

Expiation fee: $75.

(2) Section 48(2)—after "motor vehicle" insert:

or children's recreational park

(3) Section 48(3)—after the definition of child insert:

children's recreational park means an open public place predominantly used for recreational purposes, such as a playground, park or reserve, at which children are likely to comprise a significant proportion of persons present;

(4) Section 48(3)—after the definition of motor vehicle insert:

open public place means a public place that is not wholly or predominantly enclosed.

 


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