Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Smoke-Free Environment Policy

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Status	Historic	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	1st January 2014	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	1st September 2016	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Vice-Chancellor and President	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	17th December 2013	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	20th January 2022	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Ellen Brackenreg Executive Director, Equity, Safety and Wellbeing 47360642	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Ellen Brackenreg Executive Director, Equity, Safety and Wellbeing 47360642	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

20 March 2019 – removed embedded URLwww.ipc.nsw.gov.aus and replaced with associated information placeholder URLs.

23 November 2017 – Policy amended to remove the reference to the redundant unit title “Office of Capital Works and Facilities” and replace with “Office of Estate and Commercial”.

13 November 2017 – Document amended to update hyperlink to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 to the current Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017.

8 July 2016 - policy amended to reflect the official name change of the University concurrent with the change to the University's Act and By-Law.

From 1 January 2014, UWS will be Smoke-Free, and all it's premises will be Smoke-Free environments. This policy replaces the UWS Environmental Tobacco Smoke Policy

Clauses Amended

Policy: All

Procedure: All

Guidelines: All

27/09/2021: Division Work Health and Safety Unit (WHS Unit) replaced with Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing (WHS&W)