Educational facilities
Early childhood education and care facilities
Smoking is banned at early childhood education and care facilities and for 5 metres beyond their boundaries. This includes the use of all smoking products, including electronic cigarettes.
Early childhood education and care facilities are defined as land on which:
- Approved education and care services under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Act 2011 are provided; or
- Queensland approved education and care services under the Education and Care Services Act 2013 are provided.
The smoking ban applies at all times—during and after service hours, on weekends and during school holidays.
Family day care
Where an early childhood and education care facility is also a residential premises the law does not apply when the facility is not being used to provide an early childhood education and care service.
Schools
Smoking is banned at all Queensland state and non-state schools (school facilities), and for 5 metres beyond their boundaries.
The law applies at all times-during and after school hours, on weekends and during school holidays. It includes the use of all smoking products, including electronic cigarettes.
School facilities are defined as land on which a
- state school provides education programs under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006; or
- non-state school provides primary education, secondary education or special education under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017; or
- state or non-state school provides other educational instruction or activities, for example, sports grounds, including land that is owned or leased by the school.
Five metre buffer zone
The buffer zone is a no-smoking area around the perimeter of schools (school facilities) and early childhood education and care facilities. The buffer zone extends for 5 metres beyond the facility land boundary. This area does not extend into residential or business premises that share a boundary with school or early childhood education and care facility land.More information
- Download and print no smoking signs for your school or early childhood education and care service
