Every employer is obliged to protect the health of staff, customers, residents and visitors to their premises. In the case of exempted buildings only, this means that employers can, if they wish, designate certain areas of their premises as 'smoking' or 'non-smoking' in order to minimize risk.
While smoking in an enclosed workplace is forbidden, employers have discretion to provide an outdoor smoking area, subject to the requirements of the employees who still wish to smoke, outdoor smoking areas must include,
A place or premises, or part of a place