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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 10 of 1991 - Permanent Ban on Goods

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This instrument permanently bans the supply of chewing tobacco and oral snuff in Australian trade or commerce.

What is banned:

Chewing tobacco
Snuffs intended for oral use (smokeless tobacco products)

Who it affects:

Corporations (businesses)
In some circumstances, individuals

Why it matters: This is a public health measure that prohibits the sale of smokeless tobacco products known to cause serious health risks, including oral cancers, gum disease, and nicotine addiction. It prevents these products from being legally supplied in the Australian market.

Legal effect: It is illegal to supply these goods commercially. The ban operates under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the predecessor to today's Competition and Consumer Act 2010) and applies nationwide as a permanent prohibition.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 10 of 1991

PERMANENT BAN ON GOODS

I, MICHAEL CARTER TATE, Minister of State for Justice and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65C(7) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, IMPOSE a permanent ban on goods of a kind specified below (‘the goods’).

The effect of this Notice is to ban the supply of these goods in trade or commerce, by a corporation (and, in some cases, by an individual).

Particulars of Goods: Chewing tobacco and snuffs intended for oral use.

Dated this third day of June 1991

MICHAEL CARTER TATE

Minister of State for

Justice and Consumer Affairs

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.