New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) REGULATION 1999 - REG 11

11 Display of retail prices of tobacco products

(1) For the purposes of section 61B (3) (e) of the Act, retail prices of tobacco products may be displayed within a shop or retail outlet only by means of either:

(a) price tickets that comply with subclause (2), or

(b) a single price board that complies with subclause (3),

but not both.

(2) Price tickets:

(a) must use only two colours--one for the ticket and one for the price, and

(b) must not be coloured in fluorescent colours or in a more distinctive manner than price tickets used for other merchandise in the retail outlet, and

(c) must not be highlighted by any lighting, and

(d) must be no larger than 35 sq cm in area, and

(e) must contain lettering that is not more than 2 cm in height and not more than 1.5 cm in width, and

(f) must not contain information other than the name of the product line, a bar code or other identifying codes, the price and a symbol indicating the country of origin, and

(g) must display the price only once for each product line carried by the retailer in or on each sales unit in which the product is displayed, and

(h) must be attached to a sales unit containing tobacco products, and

(i) must have no other article or thing attached to it, and

(j) must not be arranged with other price tickets so as to create an image or visual effect from the arrangement that would be incomplete if any one ticket were removed.

(3) A price board:

(a) must not contain information other than the names of the product lines and prices, and

(b) must be no larger than 2,000 sq cm in area, and

(c) must have a black background with white lettering or a white background with black lettering (but not both), and

(d) must contain lettering that is not more than 2 cm in height and not more than 1.5 cm in width, and

(e) must be placed directly adjacent to a sales unit, and

(f) must not be highlighted by any lighting.