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Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004
11Format of warning and explanatory message
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11 Format of warning and explanatory message
A warning message or an explanatory message must be in the following format:
(a) the text must be printed:
(i) within a black rectangular or square border of which the lines are no wider than an upper‑case letter ‘I’ in the type size used for the text of the message; and
(ii) on a white background within the border referred to in subparagraph (i);
(b) the text must be printed in the type face known as Helvetica, in upper‑case and lower‑case letters as the text of the message is set out in Part 1.1 of Schedule 1, in type that is:
(ii) subject to paragraph (c), of the same height throughout the message; and
(iii) black; and
(iv) of normal weight; and
(v) of such a size that the text as nearly as possible fills the background on which it is printed; and
(c) the words ‘Government Health Warning’ must be in type of a point size not greater than 50% of the point size of the type used for the remainder of the message.