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Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011
42Packaging tobacco products in non‑compliant retail packaging under a contract with a constitutional corporation
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#### 42 Packaging tobacco products in non‑compliant retail packaging under a contract with a constitutional corporation
(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person packages a tobacco product for retail sale; and
(b) the product is packaged under a contract with a constitutional corporation; and
(c) the retail packaging does not comply with a tobacco product requirement.
> Note: There is an exception to this subsection in section 49 (non‑compliant tobacco products for export).
Fault‑based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 2,000 penalty units.
> Note: See section 50 in relation to the physical elements of the offence.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), strict liability applies to:
(a) the element of the offence that the tobacco product is packaged for retail sale; and
(b) paragraph (1)(b).
> Note: For strict liability in relation to a physical element of an offence, see subsection 6.1(2) of the Criminal Code.
Strict liability offence
(4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
> Note: For offences of strict liability, see subsection 6.1(1) of the Criminal Code.
Civil penalty provision
(5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 2,000 penalty units.
> Note: It is not necessary to prove a person’s state of mind in proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, except in limited circumstances (see section 94 of the Regulatory Powers Act).