What do the smoking ban regulations say?

Government delays over the final details of the smoking ban are continuing to spark frustration among licensees.

With five months before the law kicks in the details of the signage pubs will have to display and the extent to which they will be fined for breaking the law are yet to be finalised. Europe is required to debate this part of the regulations. However, on December 18 2006 the government did provide full details of what is considers an outside area under the new ban which comes into force on July 1, 2007.

Tents and marquees will also be classified as enclosed premises.

It is also expected that pubs will face penalties of up to £2,500 for allowing people to smoke on their premises, while individual smokers will be hit with £50 fines.



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