This Chapter establishes the Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Commissioner, within the Australian Border Force which is part of the Department of Home Affairs.

The Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Commissioner has the following functions:

       (a)     supporting the development and implementation of national strategies for the enforcement of illicit tobacco and e-cigarette product laws;

      (b)     advising on the development of new laws and strategies relating to the trade in illicit tobacco and e-cigarette products;

       (c)     providing administrative and governance support for any intergovernmental responses to the trade in illicit tobacco and e-cigarette products in Australia;

      (d)     preparing and publishing reports;

       (e)     other functions as are conferred on the Commissioner by a law of the Commonwealth;

       (f)     anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.