31 January 2006

Lighting up

According to The Evening News, the anti-smoking legislation descends further into farce:
"SCOTLAND'S smoking ban is threatening to create widespread confusion for passengers waiting at bus stops across the Capital.
Smokers run the risk of landing on-the-spot fines of £50 for lighting up at certain bus shelters because they meet the Scottish Executive's definition of "an enclosed space". But the rules will not apply to many other stops because of their more open designs...
Under Scotland's anti-smoking law, lighting up will be banned in any public area that is either "wholly or substantially enclosed".
The guidelines set out by the Executive state that a "substantially enclosed area" is anything where solid walls make up 50 per cent or more of the perimeter of the structure.
City council leader Donald Anderson admitted there was confusion over the status of bus shelters and said officials were considering whether "No Smoking" notices should be put up in shelters where smoking is banned."

And remember not to throw away your butt in a careless way, because you thereby face the risk of another £50 fine.

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