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TRADE PRACTICES (CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION STANDARDS) (TOBACCO) REGULATIONS 2004 2004 No. 264 - REG 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:

(i)
clear and legible; and
(ii)
subject to paragraph (c), of the same point size throughout the message; and
(iii)
white; and
(iv)
of normal and bold weight as the text of the message is set out in Part 2.2 of Schedule 2 ; and
(v)
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:

(i)
clear and legible; and
(ii)
subject to paragraph (c), of the same point size throughout the message; and
(iii)
white; and
(iv)
of normal 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.



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