Enforcement – amendment of the Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006I16
1
The Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 20066 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 3, after paragraph (5) add—
6
The Chief Officer of each police force is designated as an enforcement authority for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act.
7
An enforcement authority designated under paragraph (6) has enforcement functions in relation to vehicles that—
a
are smoke-free by virtue of regulation 11(1A) of the Smoke-Free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007; and
b
are within the police area for which the police force in question is maintained.