Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011
2.1Supply of tobacco product
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2.1 Supply of tobacco product
(1) A tobacco product supplied by way of retail sale must be in retail packaging when it is supplied to the purchaser. (2) The retail packaging must comply with this information standard. (3) For a single cigar supplied by way of retail sale: (a) the cigar must be in retail packaging when it is supplied to the purchaser; and (b) the cigar must be covered by at least one layer of retail packaging that is not a plastic or other wrapper.
Note 1: A person who places a single cigar into retail packaging is treated as a manufacturer of a tobacco product, in addition to any other manufacturer within the meaning given by section 7 of the Australian Consumer Law. See the definition of manufacturer in subsection 1.3(1).
Note 2: Subsection 9.9(4) relates to the use of wrappers as the retail packaging for a single cigar.