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#1 Posted : 01 May 2007 10:52:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ian Smith
We operate in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. We have drivers of leased cars. In attempting to introduce the final 'wedge' of smoking legislation into England, our staffs' unions have raised the issue of a 'subtle' difference in application as between Scotland and England Regulations, with the Scottish version being 'less severe' Has anyone else come up against this issue? And exactly what are the 'subtle' differences? And what of the driver who moves between the two countries?









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#2 Posted : 01 May 2007 10:59:00(UTC)
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Ian,

I'm not sure about the differences between England and Scotland, I think they both effectively ban smoking in any vehicle other than a private car which is ever used by more than one person at work. In both cases the definition of private car seems to include company cars, so drivers of company cars can continue to smoke in them. However, the Welsh law seems to exclude company cars from the definition of private car, so you probably can't smoke in your company car when you are at work in Wales, unless you never ever allow one of your colleagues to use it. We are advising our drivers to obey the relevant territorial law when in that particular territory, so its fags out in Wales,

John
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