Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SMOKE-FREE PUBLIC PLACES ACT 2003 - SECT 9N

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person smokes at an underage function; and

        (b)     an inspector, or the organiser of the function, directs the person to stop smoking at the function; and

        (c)     the person contravenes the direction.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     A person does not commit an offence against this section if—

        (a)     the direction was given by an inspector who is not a uniformed police officer; and

        (b)     when asked by the person, the inspector does not produce the inspector's identity card for inspection.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).