EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order made by the Welsh Ministers brings into force specified provisions of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (“the Act”).
Article 2(1) brings into force the following provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Act (smoking) on 29 September 2020, to the extent necessary for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made under those provisions—
section 6 which relates to the offence of failing to prevent smoking in smoke-free premises;
section 10 which relates to school grounds;
section 11 which relates to hospital grounds;
section 17 which relates to signs: smoke-free premises;
section 18 which relates to enforcement authorities;
section 27 which relates to fixed penalty notices;
section 28 which relates to interpretation of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Act; and
Schedule 1 which relates to fixed penalties.
Article 2(2) brings into force section 15 (smoke-free vehicles) and section 16 (smoke-free premises: exemptions) of the Act on 29 September 2020.