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Smoking in hire car - fine

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  • Mr.Generous
    Mr.Generous Posts: 4,034 Forumite
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    Fat_Walt wrote: »
    So if you hire a car any member of the public has access to it?

    No but the person hiring it is A MEMBER of the public. Perhaps I missed the bit in the law where it said there has to be lots of them at once. Then the next day - let me guess who hires it ... Anyone ?
    Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,017 Forumite
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    Fat_Walt wrote: »
    So if you hire a car any member of the public has access to it?

    That is nonsense, and I suspect you know it.

    The point is that the car is accessible by at least one member of the public, and is therefore subject to the smoking prohibition.
  • konark
    konark Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    What about a lease car then?
  • Fat_Walt
    Fat_Walt Posts: 750 Forumite
    edited 19 December at 8:30PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];71363811]That is nonsense, and I suspect you know it.

    The point is that the car is accessible by at least one member of the public, and is therefore subject to the smoking prohibition.[/QUOTE]


    So by that logic every where is a public place.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,017 Forumite
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    Fat_Walt wrote: »
    So by that logic every where is a public place.

    Within the meaning of this particular piece of legislation, possibly..

    But that is totally irrelevant since the legislation only applies to certain defined places, e.g. vehicles.
  • Fat_Walt
    Fat_Walt Posts: 750 Forumite
    edited 19 December at 8:30PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];71364393]Within the meaning of this particular piece of legislation, possibly..

    But that is totally irrelevant since the legislation only applies to certain defined places, e.g. vehicles.[/QUOTE]


    And with one person within doesn't make it accessible to the public.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,017 Forumite
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    Fat_Walt wrote: »
    And with one person within doesn't make it accessible to the public.

    Read that extract from the Health Act again.

    " the public or a section of the public"
  • Fat_Walt
    Fat_Walt Posts: 750 Forumite
    edited 19 December at 8:30PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];71364436]Read that extract from the Health Act again.

    " the public or a section of the public"

    [/QUOTE]

    So that's your private car by your interpretation of the legislation.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    BeenThroughItAll wrote: »
    I'm a member of the public, and I definitely remember having access to a hire vehicle at least seven or eight times this year alone.



    You don't have access to someone else's hire car, that's my point
  • Herzlos
    Herzlos Posts: 16,213 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    You don't have access to someone else's hire car, that's my point

    If I hire it next, I do.

    Or If I get a lift from them, I do.
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