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(2) Any person who without reasonable cause fails to give to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority, acting in the exercise of his functions under or by virtue of this Chapter, any facilities, assistance or information which the authorised officer reasonably requires of him for the performance of those functions commits an offence.
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Slash escapes fine as CIA blamed for flouting smoking rulesJun 25 2007

SMOKING strummer Slash is set to escape a £50 fine for lighting up on stage in Cardiff.

The former Guns n’ Roses guitarist was spotted puffing at the Cardiff International Arena during a gig with his new group Velvet Revolver.

But city cigarette ban chiefs said the arena was to blame – and are not planning to try to force the Los Angeles resident, whose real name is Saul Hudson, to pay the fine for smoking in a public place.

A spokeswoman for the council said: “The primary responsibility lies with the business to prevent smoking from taking place in the venue.”

Local authority smoking officers have now demanded the CIA put into writing how it plans to stop performers smoking on stage in future.

We should soon find out how the law works

Thats Rock and Roll

Slash

Is it me. or do we seem to be becoming a petty minded country?

Think the phrase you are looking for is "police state"...

Think the phrase you are looking for is "police state"...

The report authors Susanne Karstedt and Stephen Farrall concluded crime does not belong to the margins of society and there is no "law-abiding majority". The respectable middle classes, they say, are a "seething mass of morally dubious, and outright criminal, behaviour".

(3) In these Regulations—

"A5 size" means an area of any shape which is equal in area to the size A5 in the A series of paper sizes defined in BS EN ISO 216: 200;

"the Act" means the Health Act 2006;

"entrance" means an entrance for use by persons;

"no-smoking symbol" means a symbol which consists solely of a graphic representation of a single burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle of at least 70 millimetres in diameter with a red bar across it;

"smoke-free premises" means all public places and workplaces which are smoke-free by virtue of section 2 or 4 of the Act, other than those that are exempt by virtue of regulations made under section 3 of the Act; and

"smoke-free vehicle" means a vehicle which is smoke-free by virtue of section 5 of the Act.

No-smoking signs in premises
2. —(1) Except where paragraphs (3) and (4) apply, at each entrance to smoke-free premises there shall be displayed in a prominent position at least one no-smoking sign which—

(a) is at least A5 size;

(b) displays the no-smoking symbol; and

(c) contains, in characters that can be easily read by persons using the entrance, the words—

" No smoking. It is against the law to smoke in these premises".

(2) For the words required by sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there may be substituted words which differ only in that for "these premises" there are substituted words which refer to the particular smoke-free premises in which a sign is displayed (such as "this hotel").

(3) This paragraph applies to an entrance which is—

(a) an entrance to smoke-free premises from other smoke-free premises; or

(b) an entrance solely for persons to their place of work where that place is in premises which have another entrance at which there is displayed in a prominent position a sign which complies with paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, a no-smoking sign which displays only the no-smoking symbol may be displayed in a prominent position at the entrance instead of a no-smoking sign which complies with paragraphs (1) and (2).

I haven't found it in law yet but this web site shows them as being great ugly things.

Ick.

And oh look, there is a link to somewhere where you can BUY them.

On a related issue, I am informed that under the new legislation every public premises must display a No Smoking sign at each entrance or face a £200 spot fine.

Including churches and cathedrals

(2) The place, or places falling within the description, need not be enclosed or substantially enclosed.

Oh yes, and isn't it strange how this Government site hasn't taken the "obvious" helpful approach of providing downloadable images for you to print yourself, but instead gives tiny low resolution thumbnails that link you to commercial sites charging a tenner for them instead....