Smoke-free Environment Act 2000

The occupier of a smoke-free area must not fail to display within that area the signs (if any) prescribed by the regulations, in the manner (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

5 penalty units, in the case of a natural person, or

25 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

The regulations may exempt any public place, or class of public place, from subsection (1).

The following outdoor public places are exempt from subsection (1)—

a place that is within 10 metres of children’s play equipment,

a sports ground or other recreational area, unless the regulations otherwise provide in a particular case or class of cases,

a light rail stop,

a bus stop,

a taxi rank,

a place that is a smoke-free area because it is within 4 metres of a pedestrian access point to a building.

The Director-General may enter into arrangements with any government or local government agency or body for the display of signs relating to smoking in an outdoor public place that is exempt from subsection (1) and in respect of which the government or local government agency or body is the occupier.