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What are the penalties for breaching the regulations?
Businesses who fail to ensure that the smokefree legislation is adhered to could incur one of the following penalties:
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Failure to prevent smoking in a smokefree premises carries a maximum fine of £2,500 if convicted for the premises owner
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Failure to display, or incorrectly displaying, no-smoking signs carries either a maximum fine of £1,000 if convicted, or a fixed penalty notice of £200
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Any individual can also be fined upto £200 for smoking in a smokefree premises
06 January 2009
