6APoint of sale advertisements

6A Point of sale advertisements

S. 6A(1) amended by Nos 49/2009 s. 5(1), 55/2016 s. 9(7)(p), 51/2024 s. 51(2)(a).

(1) A tobacco advertisement at one point of sale at an on‑airport duty free shop or at any point of sale at a wholesale outlet may advertise a product line of a tobacco product in one only of the following ways—

(a) by the display of a single immediate package of the product line in the form in which the package is available for sale at that point of sale (including the display of an immediate package if only cartons are available for sale);

(b) by means of a stack dispenser for immediate packages of the product line in the form in which the packages are available for sale at that point of sale if—

(i) in the case of an angled stack, the most that is displayed is—

(A) any part of the single package at the front of the stack; and

(B) any part (other than the face) of the other packages in the stack; and

S. 6A(1)(b)(i)(C) amended by Nos 49/2009 s. 21(1), 55/2016 s. 9(7)(q).

(C) those parts of the faces of the other packages that bear the warning message required by the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011 of the Commonwealth; and

(ii) in the case of packages stacked on top of each other, the most that is displayed is any part of the package on the top of the stack and any part of the package on the bottom of the stack;

S. 6A(1)(c) repealed by No. 49/2009 s. 5(2).

(d) in the case of a product line of cigars, by the display of either or both of the following—

(i) up to 13 cigars of the product line in an open box, or in any other manner;

(ii) a single closed box full of the product line in the form in which the box is available for sale at that point of sale.

S. 6A(2) amended by Nos 49/2009 s. 5(3), 55/2016 s. 9(7)(p), 51/2024 s. 51(2)(b).

(2) A tobacco advertisement at any other point of sale at an on-airport duty free shop may advertise a product line of a tobacco product by means of a stack dispenser for immediate packages of the product line in the form in which the packages are available at that point of sale if—

(a) in the case of an angled stack, the most that is displayed is—

(i) any part (other than the face) of any package in the stack; and

S. 6A(2)(a)(ii) amended by No. 49/2009 s. 21(2).

(ii) those parts of the faces of the packages that bear the warning message required by the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004 of the Commonwealth; and

(b) in the case of packages stacked on top of each other, the most that is displayed is any part of the package on the top of the stack (but not including the face or the top of that package as stacked or the side or end of that package directly facing the customer) and any part of the package on the bottom of the stack (but not including the face or the bottom of that package as stacked or the side or end of that package directly facing the customer).