Hi Nathan

 

Rather than waiving all fees and charges associated with your request &
accepting it as a valid GIPA application, I have decided to deal with it
informally. Regarding your enquiry as to the number of fines issued by
Lismore City Council for smoking within the CBD area declared in our
Smoke-free Areas policy in the last 12 months (October 2024 - October
2025), our Coordinator Law Enforcement Jody Hinds has informed me that NSW
Health are the regulatory agency for this function. Our policy was for
people to “self-police”; not for LCC to issue infringements.

 

Regards

 

Tim Robertson | Records Management Coordinator | Lismore City Council

PO Box 23A, Lismore 2480 | P: 02 6625 0522|  [1]www.lismore.nsw.gov.au

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Jenkins <[FOI #13913 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 23 October 2025 8:02 AM
To: Records <[email address]>
Subject: Government Information (Public Access) request - Smoke Free CBD -
Number of fines issued October 2024 - October 2025

 

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Dear Lismore City Council,

 

Under Lismore Councils Smoke free areas policy as published on your
website smoking is prohibited within the Lismore CBD.

 

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Pursuant to section 41 of the GIPA Act I apply for access to the following
government information:

 

 

 

The number of fines issued by Lismore Council for smoking within the CBD
area declared in this policy in the last twelve 12 months. (October 2024 -
October 2025)

 

 

 

Furthermore, I also request that all fees and charges associated with this
application be waived as Section 66 of the GIPA Act (and the associated
guideline) allows for a discount of processing charges where the
information sought is “of special benefit to the public generally. In the
IPCs own guidelines public health is an explicitly declared example of a
'special benefit', of which this request covers.

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Nathan Jenkins

 

 

 

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