"2. Any person with management responsibilities for a smoke-free vehicle shall be under a duty
corresponding to that mentioned in section 6(1) of the Act to ensure that at least one legible no smoking sign is displayed in that vehicle."
There is more to this than meets the eye, as there is nowhere in The Smoke-free (signs) Regulations 2012 that defines what a "smoke-free" vehicle actually is. Instead, one is directed to the The Health Act 2006 Section 5.
This states (among other things):
5 VEHICLES
(1)The appropriate national authority may make regulations providing for vehicles to be smoke-free.
(2)The regulations may in particular make provision—
(a)for the descriptions of vehicle which are to be smoke-free,
(b)for the circumstances in which they are to be smoke-free,
(c)for them to be smoke-free only in specified areas, or except in specified areas,
(d)for exemptions.
But there is still no reference to any specific regulation by a "national authority" as to any provisions made under section 5 (2) above, to actually define what makes a vehicle "smoke-free" and by virtue of this, obliged to have a sign.
No wonder people are confused! HOWEVER - it HAS been defined...
This is on the
www.gov.uk/smoking-at-work-the-lawSMOKING IN WORK VEHICLES
Smoking isn’t allowed in any work vehicle that more than one person uses, eg:
taxis
buses
vans
goods vehicles used by more than one driver
company cars used by more than one employee
A worker can smoke in a company car that only they use if their employer agrees.
A whole lot clearer methinks.