Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008
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A person must not, for the purpose of inducing or promoting the sale of a tobacco product, offer, give or distribute to another person (not being a person who is, or is the employee of, a manufacturer, distributor or retailer of a tobacco product) a free tobacco product.
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of an individual, 500 penalty units for a first offence or 1,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or
(b) in the case of a corporation, 6,000 penalty units for a first offence or 10,000 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence.
Note.
Continuing offences against this section are dealt with in section 52.