Jump to full article: The National Newspaper (ae), 2010-02-08
Author: Mitya Underwood
Intro: The federal smoking ban will not be fully enforced until bodies such as the Ministry of Health, police and municipalities determine who will be responsible for implementing the various parts of the legislation, senior health officials said yesterday.
The Ministry of Health disclosed some aspects of the law last month, but confusion has arisen over when and how the regulations will be enforced.
The ministry plans to issue an appendix to answer these questions, but has not said when it will do so. The law will take effect when the details are published by the Government.
For instance, it was announced that smoking in a car carrying a child under 12 will be illegal. However, it is hard to say who will enforce such as rule. Is it the police? Or road and transport authorities? Or the municipalities?
Senior health officials working on the law yesterday told The National they were hammering out the details.
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