http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/8Public Health (Wales) Act 2017An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for a national strategy on tackling obesity; about smoking; for a register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products; about the handing over of tobacco and nicotine products to persons aged under 18; about the performance of certain procedures for aesthetic or therapeutic purposes; about intimate piercing of children; about health impact assessments; about assessing the local need for pharmaceutical services; about pharmaceutical lists; about assessing the local need for public toilets; about fixed penalty receipts for food hygiene rating offences; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-16Expert Participation2024-09-13 PART 3 TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTSCHAPTER 1SMOKING<Emphasis>Smoke-free premises</Emphasis>Premises that are open to the public81So far as they are not smoke-free by virtue of section 7 (workplaces), premises in Wales are smoke-free for the purposes of this Chapter if they are open to the public.2Premises are open to the public for the purposes of this section if the public or a section of the public has access to them, whether by invitation or not, and whether on payment or not.3If only part of the premises is open to the public, the premises are smoke-free by virtue of this section only to that extent.4The premises are smoke-free by virtue of this section only in those areas that are enclosed or substantially enclosed.5The premises are smoke-free by virtue of this section only when open to the public.6See section 16 for exemptions.S. 8 in force at 1.3.2021 by S.I. 2021/202, art. 2
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