3A. Specified places, specified vehicles and no‑smoking zones

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Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

The Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe any of the following as a specified place:

(a)

any publicly accessible place;

(b)

any of the following that is not a publicly accessible place: (i)any place owned, managed or occupied by the Government or a statutory body;

(ii)

any common property of any residential premises or building;

(iii)

any place used, or intended to be used, for a commercial or an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is either a commercial or an industrial purpose, or any common property of such a place;

(iv)

any recreational facility;

(c)

any ship, boat, air‑cushioned vehicle or other similar craft used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved, for the carriage of passengers.

(2)

The Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe an area in Singapore as a no‑smoking zone.

(3)

Every publicly accessible place —

(a)

within an area prescribed under subsection (2) as a no‑smoking zone; and

(b)

not prescribed as a specified place under subsection (1), is a specified place from the date the area is prescribed as a no‑smoking zone.

(4)

The Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe any particular public service vehicle or any class of public service vehicles as a specified vehicle or specified vehicles.

Terms defined in s 2

Agency
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“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
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common property
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“common property” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004 and includes limited common property (within the meaning given by that Act), if any;
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place
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“place” means any premises, structure or building, or any unenclosed area (including a road, pavement, wetland and any body of water), but not a vehicle, and includes part of a place;
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public service vehicle
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“public service vehicle” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961;
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publicly accessible place
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“publicly accessible place” means any place to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee;
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residential premises or building
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“residential premises or building” means any premises or building which is permitted to be used under the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law as a dwelling house or which is lawfully so used;
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smoking
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“smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or any other substance and includes the holding of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other form of tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke;
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specified place
Defined · s 2
“specified place” has the meaning given by section 3A(3) and includes every place prescribed as a specified place under section 3A(1);
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specified vehicle
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“specified vehicle” means a public service vehicle prescribed as a specified vehicle under section 3A(4), and includes any part of a specified vehicle;
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statutory body
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“statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under a public Act for a public purpose.
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Read on from s 3B