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Smoke-free Places Act (amended) and Tobacco Access Act (amended)

BILL NO. 60

(as passed, with amendments and corrections)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
63 Elizabeth II, 2014



Government Bill



Smoke-free Places Act (amended)
and
Tobacco Access Act (amended)

CHAPTER 58 OF THE ACTS OF 2014



The Honourable Leo A. Glavine
Minister of Health and Wellness



First Reading: October 24, 2014 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: October 28, 2014

Third Reading: November 20, 2014 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: November 20, 2014

An Act to Amend Chapter 12
of the Acts of 2002,
the Smoke-free Places Act,
and Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1993,
the Tobacco Access Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2002, the Smoke-free Places Act, as amended by Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2005, is further amended by

(a) relettering clause (a) as clause (aa) and adding immediately preceding that clause the following clause:

(a) "electronic cigarette" means a vaporizer or inhalant-type device, whether called an electronic cigarette or any other name, containing a power source and heating element designed to heat a substance and produce a vapour intended to be inhaled;

(b) striking out clause (h) and substituting the following clause:

(h) "smoke" means smoke, inhale or exhale smoke from, burn, carry, hold or otherwise have control over a lit or heated cigarette, cigar, pipe, water pipe, electronic cigarette or other device that burns or heats tobacco or another substance that is intended to be smoked or inhaled;

(c) striking out the period at the end of clause (i); and

(d) adding the following clause immediately after clause (i):

(j) "water pipe" means any lighted or heated smoking equipment used to burn tobacco or non-tobacco substances or any combination thereof and draw the resulting smoke through a liquid before it is inhaled.

2 Section 3 of Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1993, the Tobacco Access Act, as amended by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) relettering clause (a) as clause (aa) and adding immediately preceding that clause the following clause:

(a) "electronic cigarette" means a vaporizer or inhalant-type device, whether called an electronic cigarette or any other name, containing a power source and heating element designed to heat a substance and produce a vapour intended to be inhaled and includes all components used in conjunction with the device, including the e-liquid, cartridge and any other component that may be sold separately from the device itself;

(b) striking out "Tobacco Tax Act" in the second line of clause (e) and substituting "Revenue Act and electronic cigarettes";

and

(c) striking out "Tobacco Tax Act" in the second line of clause (h) and substituting "Revenue Act".

3 Subsection 12(2) of Chapter 14, as amended by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out clauses (a), (b) and (c); and

(b) adding the following clauses:

(a) in the case of a second offence, seven consecutive days;

(b) in case of third offence, not less than three consecutive months and not more than six consecutive months; and

(c) in the case of a fourth or subsequent offence, not less than twelve consecutive months and not more than twenty-four consecutive months.

4 This Act has effect on and after May 31, 2015.

 


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