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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 15 OF 2007 ) - SECT 86

Nonsmoking areas

    (1)     The chief executive may define an area at a correctional centre as an area in which smoking is prohibited (a nonsmoking area ).

    (2)     The chief executive must take reasonable steps to bring each non-smoking area to the attention of detainees, corrections officers and other people who work at or visit the centre.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive must ensure that notices or signs are prominently displayed at or near each nonsmoking area indicating that smoking is prohibited in the area.

    (4)     The Smoking (Prohibition in Enclosed Public Places) Act 2003 does not apply to a correctional centre.



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