Jump to full article: icNewcastle (uk), 2003-10-15
Author: David Higgerson, The Journal
Intro: Anti-smoking rules could be extended to cover a second Newcastle shopping centre and the historic Grainger Market, it was revealed yesterday.
Members of the city council's constitutional committee have approved plans to introduce a byelaw covering Eldon Square shopping centre.
It will mean that anyone caught smoking in the malls could be fined up to £500.
The byelaw is thought to be unique, and has to be created because the city council has a "walkways agreement" with the owners of Eldon Square, which means that the walkways in the shopping centre are treated as public highways.
As such, any bans have to be backed by byelaws.
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