Who will enforce the smoking ban?
Councils and, in ports, port health authorities will police the ban. In most cases it will fall to environmental health departments to enforce the ban as part of their existing jobs, combining inspections with their other regulatory check-ups. Last month the Department of Health and the Local Government Association agreed 29.5m funding to help district and metropolitan councils, unitary authorities and London boroughs cope with the increased workload. Will I be required to inform customers of the ban? Yes. Section six of the Health Act places a legal duty on persons who occupy or manage smokefree premises to display strictly regulated no-smoking signs. Under the Health Act, it will be against the law not to display required no-smoking signs from July 1. What format should the signage take? All smokefree premises will have to display a no-smoking sign in a prominent position at every entrance. The sign must: be the equivalent of A5 in area display the international no-smoking symbol in
