Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO AND OTHER PRODUCTS) ACT 2023 (NO. 118, 2023) - SECT 127

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person engages in conduct; and

                     (b)  the conduct is:

                              (i)  the importation or manufacture of; or

                             (ii)  the sale or supply of, or the offer to sell or supply;

                            a tobacco product; and

                     (c)  at the time the person engages in the conduct, the tobacco product is permanently banned under this Act; and

                     (d)  any of the following apply:

                              (i)  the person is a constitutional corporation;

                             (ii)  the person is a body corporate that is incorporated in a Territory;

                            (iii)  the conduct occurs in the course of constitutional trade or commerce;

                            (iv)  the conduct occurs in a Territory.

Note:          The physical elements of offences against subsections (4) and (7) are set out in this subsection (see section 165).

Exception--importation for personal use

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if:

                     (a)  the person who engages in the conduct is an individual; and

                     (b)  the conduct is the importation of the tobacco product for personal use by the individual; and

                     (c)  another law of the Commonwealth permits the importation of the tobacco product; and

                     (d)  the amount of the tobacco product does not exceed the limit (if any) on the importation of such a product prescribed by that other law.

Exception--sale or supply by way of export

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply if:

                     (a)  the conduct engaged in by the person is the sale or supply of, or an offer to sell or supply, the tobacco product by way of export; and

                     (b)  the sale or supply is not, or would not be, a retail sale.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsections (2) and (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code )

Fault-based offence

             (4)  A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Penalty:

                     (a)  for an individual--2,000 penalty units; and

                     (b)  for a body corporate--20,000 penalty units.

             (5)  For the purposes of subsection (4), strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (d).

Geographical application

             (6)  Section 15.2 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction--category B) applies to an offence against subsection (4).

Strict liability offence

             (7)  A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Penalty:

                     (a)  for an individual--60 penalty units; and

                     (b)  for a body corporate--600 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision

             (8)  A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Civil penalty:

                     (a)  for an individual--2,000 penalty units; and

                     (b)  for a body corporate--20,000 penalty units.