Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Actssubstitute
19 Sale of cigarettes
(1) A person commits an offence if the person sells cigarettes (including cigarettes made from a herbal product) in a quantity of less than 20.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person sells cigarettes (including cigarettes made from a herbal product) in a package designed—
(a) to hold less than 20 cigarettes; or
(b) to be, or be readily able to be, divided into portions each of which contains less than 20 cigarettes.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
20 Display of smoking products
An occupier of a retail or wholesale outlet commits an offence if the occupier displays to customers at the outlet a smoking product within, or adjacent to, the outlet.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
21 Prohibited smoking products
(1) The Minister may declare that a smoking product is prohibited (a prohibited smoking product ).
(2) The Minister must not make a declaration under subsection (1) unless satisfied that—
(a) the smoking product, or the smoke of the product, has a distinctive fruity, sweet or confectionary-like character; and
(b) the nature of the product, or the product's package or packaging, may be attractive to children.
(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
22 Prohibition on sale of prohibited smoking product
(1) A person commits an offence if the person sells a prohibited smoking product.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) In this section:
"prohibited smoking product"—see section 21 (1).