30Simplified outline of this Chapter

30 Simplified outline of this Chapter

Under Parts 3.4 and 3.5 of the Act, a person may commit an offence, or be liable to a civil penalty, if the person contravenes a tobacco product requirement in certain circumstances.

This Chapter prescribes the detail of certain tobacco product requirements for the purposes of the Act.

The tobacco product requirements are requirements about the retail packaging of tobacco products, as well as tobacco products themselves. The requirements deal with such matters as the following:

(a) the physical features, colour and finish of retail packaging;

(b) the standardisation of retail packaging;

(c) the markings that must appear, or which may appear, on retail packaging;

(d) the display of health warnings on retail packaging;

(e) the inclusion of health promotion inserts in retail packaging;

(f) the appearance, physical features and contents of tobacco products (including the display of on‑product health messages on cigarettes);

(g) standards for tobacco products.