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PUBLIC HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 69 OF 2007) - SECT 5

Section 68 substituted
Section 68 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:

68.     Cigarette packaging

(1)  A person must not supply cigarettes to the public otherwise than in a package.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding –
(a) for a first offence, 50 penalty units; and
(b) for a subsequent offence, 200 penalty units.
(2)  A person must not supply cigarettes to the public in a package that –
(a) contains fewer than 20 cigarettes; or
(b) is designed to be, or is readily able to be, divided into packets any of which contains fewer than 20 cigarettes.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding –
(a) for a first offence, 50 penalty units; and
(b) for a subsequent offence, 200 penalty units.

68A.     Restrictions regarding toys and confections, &c.

A person must not sell or supply any of the following things to another person:
(a) a toy that resembles, or is intended to represent, tobacco or a tobacco product;
(b) a confection that resembles, or is intended to represent, tobacco or a tobacco product;
(c) tobacco that is –
(i) confectionary-flavoured or confectionary-scented; or
(ii) fruit-flavoured or fruit-scented;
(d) a tobacco product that is –
(i) confectionary-flavoured or confectionary-scented; or
(ii) fruit-flavoured or fruit-scented;
(e) cigarette papers that are –
(i) confectionary-flavoured or confectionary-scented; or
(ii) fruit-flavoured or fruit-scented.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding –
(a) for a first offence, 50 penalty units; and
(b) for a subsequent offence, 200 penalty units.



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