The Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2006 No. 2957 — creates 5 criminal offences.

Made

14 November 2006

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order makes provision for the prohibition of smoking in certain premises, places and vehicles and for amending the minimum age of persons to whom tobacco may be sold.

Offences created by this instrument

• Obstruction of officers article 12(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Obstruction of officers article 12(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Obstruction of officers article 12(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• No-smoking signs article 7(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who smokes in a smoke-free place commits an offence article 8(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Draft Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Commons · Written Statements · 7 March 2006 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Shaun Woodward)

  This statement announces that, on 6 March, I launched an eight-week public consultation exercise on the draft Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (the draft Order). In my previous statement to the House, on 18 October, I announced my intention to introduce comprehensive measures to protect all workers and the public from the dangers of passive smoking and second-hand smoke in workplaces and in all enclosed public places in Northern Ireland, including all pubs and all bars. The draft Order represents the next stage in this process. As I made clear in my previous statement, there is strong…

• Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 9 October 2006 · Lord Rooker

  rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 4 July be approved. The noble Lord said: My Lords, the purpose of the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 is to ensure that the public and employees are protected from exposure to tobacco smoke. The order would introduce provisions to control smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces. In summary, it introduces four new offences: failure to display no smoking signs; smoking in a smoke-free place; failing to prevent smoking in a smoke-free place; and obstructing an authorised officer. In addition, the order includes enabling…

• Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 9 October 2006
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 28 January 2025 · Andrew Gwynne

  The clauses will amend the Health Act 2006, the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005, the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 and the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 by inserting new provisions relating to vape-free places across the four nations. They will allow the Secretary of State in England, the Scottish Ministers in Scotland, the Welsh Ministers in Wales and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to designate certain places and vehicles as vape-free, but only where they are already smoke-free. They also provide that appropriate signs must be displayed in or near…

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 28 January 2025 · Andrew Gwynne

  The clauses will amend the Health Act 2006, the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005, the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 and the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 by inserting new provisions relating to heated tobacco-free places. They provide for the Secretary of State in England, Scottish Ministers, Welsh Ministers, and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to designate certain places and vehicles as heated tobacco-free, but only where they are already smoke-free. They also require that appropriate signs must be displayed in or near the heated tobacco-free place,…

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 28 January 2025 · Andrew Gwynne

  Clause 136 amends an existing power in the Health Act 2006, relating to the designation of additional smoke-free places, to allow the Secretary of State to make regulations to any area that is a workplace or open to the public smoke-free, which would include outdoor spaces. Private outdoor spaces are out of scope of the powers of this Bill. Clause 142 amends the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 to allow Scottish Ministers the same powers, and clause 153 amends the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 to do the same for Northern Ireland. The power to designate additional…

How Parliament handled it

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