An employer, owner, licensee, lessee or person in control of a public place may designate a portion of a public place as a smoking area, provided that-
(a) the designated smoking area does not exceed 25% of the total floor area of the public place;
(b) the designated smoking area is separated from the rest of the public place by a solid partition and an entrance door on which the sign “SMOKING AREAâ€ is displayed, written in black letters, at least 2cm in height and 1,5 cm in breadth, on a white background;
(c) the ventilation of the designated smoking area is such that air from the smoking area is directly exhausted to the outside and is not re-circulated to any other area within the public place;
(d) the message: “SMOKING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH AND TO THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN, PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING WOMEN AND NON-SMOKERS. FOR HELP TO QUIT PHONE (011) 720 3145â€ is displayed at the entrance to the designated smoking area, written in black letters, at least 2cm in height and 1,5 cm in breadth, on a white background, and
(e) notices and signs indicating areas where smoking is permitted and where it is not permitted must be permanently displayed and signs indicating that smoking is not permitted must carry the warning: “ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS NOTICE SHALL BE PROSECUTED AND MAY BE LIABLE TO A FINEâ€;


