Posted By robert sherred
I have been asked by a safety representative whether to comply with the new smoking legislation in public places, that we may need to remove the glass from our outside smoking stations?
Apparently there is specific instances of this happening in Scotland.
It appears a bit overkill, but does anyone have any experience of Scotish leglislation or knowledge of the forthcoming English legislative requirements.

Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd
If it has more than one side not including the roof then they will need removing

Posted By Merv Newman
Richard,

sorry but the UK legislation is "substantionally unenclosed" which means less than three sides. And windows and doors don't count.

I'm just waiting for a bus shelter to be challenged in court.

Silly perhaps. French legislation is "totally enclosed", with "adequate" ventilation. Comes from the same EU source.

There you go.

Merv

Posted By John Murgatroyd
Enclosed and substantially enclosed premises
2. —(1) For the purposes of section 2 of the Act, premises are enclosed if they—


(a) have a ceiling or roof; and

(b) except for doors, windows and passageways, are wholly enclosed either permanently or temporarily.


(2) For the purposes of section 2 of the Act, premises are substantially enclosed if they have a ceiling or roof but there is—



(a) an opening in the walls; or

(b) an aggregate area of openings in the walls,


which is less than half of the area of the walls, including other structures that serve the purpose of walls and constitute the perimeter of the premises.

(3) In determining the area of an opening or an aggregate area of openings for the purposes of paragraph (2), no account is to be taken of openings in which there are doors, windows or other fittings that can be opened or shut.

(4) In this regulation "roof" includes any fixed or moveable structure or device which is capable of covering all or part of the premises as a roof, including, for example, a canvas awning

Posted By LynneR
if you peruse the Smoke Free England website there are details in the published guide (freely available) as to what constitutes a suitable smoking shed.
you can find it in the download resources section. all downloads are free!
there is a similar site for Wales, Scotland (already implemented) and Northern Ireland (end of this month).

Posted By Dave West
Raymond, I have been reading posts for weeks about people talk about how unfair it is, how smoking does no harm and how doing things with the shelter may be a way of making it more enclosed.

I make a simple post and you give me an exclamation mark at the end of your message.

Dave