Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO AND OTHER PRODUCTS) ACT 2023 (NO. 118, 2023) - SECT 94

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person:

                              (i)  sells a tobacco product; or

                             (ii)  offers a tobacco product for sale; or

                            (iii)  otherwise supplies (whether or not for consideration) a tobacco product; and

                     (b)  at the time the product is sold, offered for sale or supplied, the product is in retail packaging; and

                     (c)  the retail packaging does not comply with a tobacco product requirement.

Note 1:       The physical elements of offences against subsections (3) and (5) are set out in this subsection (see section 165).

Note 2:       See section 16 for an extended meaning of offer .

Exception--cigars sold or supplied to retailer for individual resale

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

                     (a)  the sale, offer or supply is in respect of multiple tobacco products that are cigars; and

                     (b)  the sale or supply is to another person (the retailer ) who is ordinarily engaged in the business of selling tobacco products by way of retail sale in Australia; and

                     (c)  the person reasonably believes that the retailer intends to repackage each cigar individually for retail sale as a single cigar.

Note 1:       A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

Note 2:       There is another exception to subsection (1) in section 120 (export exception).

Fault-based offence

             (3)  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.

             (4)  For the purposes of subsection (3), strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Strict liability offence

             (5)  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

             (6)  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.