58Retail packaging of cigarettes—brand names and variant names

58 Retail packaging of cigarettes—brand names and variant names

Cigarette packs and cigarette cartons (1) Any brand name or variant name that appears on a cigarette pack or cigarette carton: (a) must not obscure any health warning or mandatory marking; and (b) must not appear more than once on any of the following outer surfaces of the pack or carton: (i) for a cigarette pack—the front, top and bottom outer surfaces of the pack; (ii) for a cigarette carton—the front outer surface of the carton, and the 2 smallest outer surfaces of the carton; and (c) may appear only on the surfaces mentioned in paragraph (b); and (d) must appear across one line only; and (e) must comply with the orientation and location requirements mentioned in subsection (2). Orientation and location requirements (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the orientation and location requirements are set out in the following table.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Brand name or variant name—orientation and location requirements for cigarette packs and cigarette cartons</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">If …</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">appear(s) on …</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">the name(s) …</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name but no variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the front outer surface of a cigarette pack</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) horizontally below, and in the same orientation as, the health warning; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) in the centre of the space remaining on the front outer surface beneath the health warning</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name and a variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the front outer surface of a cigarette pack</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) horizontally below, and in the same orientation as, the health warning; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) with the variant name immediately below the brand name; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) with either the brand name, or the combined brand name and variant name, in the centre of the space remaining on the front outer surface beneath the health warning</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name but no variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the front outer surface of a cigarette carton</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) in the same orientation as the health warning; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) in the centre of the space on the front outer surface that is not occupied by the health warning</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name and a variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the front outer surface of a cigarette carton</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) in the same orientation as the health warning; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) with the variant name immediately below the brand name; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) with either the brand name, or the combined brand name and variant name, in the centre of the space remaining on the front outer surface that is not occupied by the health warning</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name but no variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>any outer surface (other than a front outer surface) of a cigarette pack or cigarette carton</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) horizontally; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) in the centre of the outer surface of the pack or carton</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:21.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a brand name and a variant name</span></p></td><td style="width:22.04%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>any outer surface (other than a front outer surface) of a cigarette pack or cigarette carton</span></p></td><td style="width:47.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>must appear:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) horizontally; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) with the variant name immediately below the brand name; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) with either the brand name, or the combined brand name and variant name, in the centre of the outer surface of the pack or carton</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>