New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2008 - SECT 9

9 Display of tobacco products, non-tobacco smoking products and smoking accessories

(1) A person who is the occupier of premises on which tobacco products or non-tobacco smoking products are sold must ensure that members of the public cannot see any of those products, or any smoking accessories, from inside or outside the premises.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units, in the case of an individual and 500 penalty units, in the case of a corporation.

(2) This section does not apply to--

(a) the display of tobacco products, non-tobacco smoking products or smoking accessories to a customer of the business concerned at his or her request, or

(b) the display of tobacco products, non-tobacco smoking products or smoking accessories by a customer of the business concerned, or

(c) the display of tobacco products, non-tobacco smoking products or smoking accessories in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations as exempt from this section.

Note : Lead-in periods for offences under this section are provided for existing businesses (see clause 5 of Schedule 1).