Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
75Plain packaging—colour and finish
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75 Plain packaging—colour and finish
(1) The colour and finish of the retail packaging of tobacco products must comply with the requirements (if any) prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection. Default colour for retail packaging (2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply if the regulations do not prescribe a colour for the following parts of the retail packaging of tobacco products: (a) all outer surfaces and inner surfaces of the retail packaging of tobacco products (within the meaning of paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of retail packaging in section 71); (b) both sides of any lining of a cigarette pack. (3) Those parts of the retail packaging of the tobacco products must be the colour known as Pantone 448C. (4) The following are not required to be the colour known as Pantone 448C: (a) health warnings; (b) mandatory markings; (c) the brand name or variant name of the tobacco product; (d) any other mark permitted on the retail packaging of the tobacco product under paragraph 77(3)(d).