Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING ACT 2011 (NO. 148, 2011) - SECT 42

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person packages a tobacco product for retail sale; and

                     (b)  the product is packaged under a contract with a constitutional corporation; and

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

Note:          There is an exception to this subsection in section 49 (non-compliant tobacco products for export).

Fault-based offence

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

Penalty:  2,000 penalty units.

Note:          See section 50 in relation to the physical elements of the offence.

             (3)  For the purposes of subsection (2), strict liability applies to:

                     (a)  the element of the offence that the tobacco product is packaged for retail sale; and

                     (b)  paragraph (1)(b).

Note:          For strict liability in relation to a physical element of an offence, see subsection 6.1(2) of the Criminal Code .

Strict liability offence

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

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

Note:          For offences of strict liability, see subsection 6.1(1) of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty provision

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

Civil penalty:          2,000 penalty units.

Note:          It is not necessary to prove a person's state of mind in proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, except in limited circumstances (see section 98).