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South Australia
Tobacco Products Regulation (A Smoke-Free Adelaide)
Amendment Bill 2008
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 Insertion of section
49
49 Smoking banned in public places in City of Adelaide
area
50 Review of operation of section
49
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Tobacco Products Regulation (A Smoke-Free
Adelaide) Amendment Act 2008.
This Act will come into operation 1 month after the date of
assent.
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
After section 48 insert:
49—Smoking banned in public places in City of
Adelaide area
(1) Smoking is banned in all public places (whether enclosed or otherwise)
in the City of Adelaide on a prescribed day.
(2) If a person smokes in contravention of subsection (1), the person
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $200.
Expiation fee: $75.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in the case of a person who
is smoking in a motor vehicle in the City of Adelaide.
(4) Nothing in this section derogates from any other provision in this
Part.
(5) All money received by way of expiation fees issued for a contravention
of subsection (1) will be paid to The Cancer Council South
Australia.
(6) In this section—
City of Adelaide has the same meaning as in the City of
Adelaide Act 1998;
prescribed day means—
(a) in relation to the 2009 calender year—29 May 2009; and
(b) in relation to the 2010 calender year—
(i) 28 May 2010; and
(ii) the day on which the annual Credit Union Christmas Pageant is held in
that year.
50—Review of operation of section
49
(1) The Minister must cause a review to be undertaken and a report
prepared on the first 2 years of operation of section 49.
(2) The review and report must be completed within 3 months after
1 July 2010.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report under subsection (1)
to be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 6 sitting days after
receiving it.