Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998
sec.163Supply of objects resembling tobacco products
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sec.163 Supply of objects resembling tobacco products
A person must not, as part of a business activity, supply to a person an object, other than a tobacco product, that resembles a tobacco product. Maximum penalty—140 penalty units. For subsection (1) , an object resembles a tobacco product if the object— has an appearance that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the object resembles a tobacco product or tobacco product package; or is contained in a package that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the package resembles a tobacco product package; or is declared under a regulation to resemble a tobacco product or tobacco product package. s 163 (prev s 24) amd 2001 No. 20 s 23 ; 2004 No. 47 s 17 renum and reloc 2006 No. 46 s 273 amd 2011 No. 41 s 71 ; 2014 No. 65 s 60 ; 2024 No. 51 s 18 (sec.163-ssec.1) A person must not, as part of a business activity, supply to a person an object, other than a tobacco product, that resembles a tobacco product. Maximum penalty—140 penalty units. (sec.163-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , an object resembles a tobacco product if the object— has an appearance that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the object resembles a tobacco product or tobacco product package; or is contained in a package that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the package resembles a tobacco product package; or is declared under a regulation to resemble a tobacco product or tobacco product package.
- (a) has an appearance that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the object resembles a tobacco product or tobacco product package; or
- (b) is contained in a package that is likely to cause a reasonable person to consider the package resembles a tobacco product package; or
- (c) is declared under a regulation to resemble a tobacco product or tobacco product package.