8Definitions

8 Definitions

In this Act:

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Australian hosting service provider has the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021.

authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under subsection 150(1).

brand name, in relation to a tobacco product, means the name under which the tobacco product is sold or supplied, or offered for sale or supply.

Note: A brand name must not be or include a prohibited term (see section 85).

carriage service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.

carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.

cigar means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking that is enclosed in tobacco leaf or the leaf of another plant.

cigarette means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking that is enclosed in paper.

civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.

conduct rule means subsection (1) of each of the following provisions:

(a) sections 94 to 100;
(b) sections 102 to 105;
(c) sections 108 to 114;
(d) sections 116 to 119.

constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:

(a) between Australia and a place outside Australia; or
(b) among the States; or
(c) between a State and a Territory; or
(d) between 2 Territories; or
(e) within a Territory.

container includes (without limitation) any pack, carton, box, tin, packet, bag, pouch, tube or other container.

Convention on Tobacco Control means the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, done at Geneva on 21 May 2003.

Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2005 No. 7 ([2005] ATS 7) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).