6Certain sales prohibited

6 Certain sales prohibited

6 Certain sales prohibited

(1) A person must not sell the following—

(a) a tobacco product that is not in the package in which it was packed by the manufacturer,

(b) cigarettes as individual items or in a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes,

(c) illicit tobacco.

Maximum penalty—14,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 7 years, or both.

(2) Tobacco is presumed to be for sale if more than the prescribed quantity of tobacco is on premises where tobacco products or other products are sold.

(3) Subsection (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to the sale of single cigars.

s 6: Am 2016 No 38, Sch 5 [3]; 2020 No 32, Sch 7[4]; 2024 No 87, Sch 1[2]. Subst 2025 No 51, Sch 1[3].