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Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004
26Format of warning and explanatory messages
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26 Format of warning and explanatory messages
(1) A warning message on the front face of a retail package, and an explanatory message on the back face of a retail package, must be in the following format:
(a) the text must be printed on a black background;
(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 2.2 of Schedule 2, in type that is:
(ii) subject to paragraph (c), of the same point size throughout the message; and
(iii) white; and
(iv) for a warning message — as follows:
(A) for the words ‘Health Authority Warning’ — normal weight;
(B) in any other case — normal weight or bold weight; and
(v) for an explanatory message — of normal and bold weight as the text of the message is set out in Part 2.2 of Schedule 2 ; and
(vi) of such a size that the text as nearly as possible fills the background on which it is printed; and
(c) for a warning message, the words ‘Health Authority 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.
(2) A warning message on the back face of a retail package must be in the following format:
(a) the text must be printed on a red background;
(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 2.2 of Schedule 2, in type that is:
(ii) subject to paragraph (c), of the same point size throughout the message; and
(iii) white; and
(iv) of normal weight or bold weight, as follows:
(A) for the words ‘Health Authority Warning’ — normal weight;
(B) in any other case — normal weight or bold 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 ‘Health Authority 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.