New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) REGULATION 2022 - REG 11

11 Display of retail prices of tobacco products or e-cigarettes--the Act, s 16

(1) For the Act, section 16(3)(e), the retail prices of tobacco products or e-cigarettes may be displayed in a shop or other retail outlet from which tobacco products or e-cigarettes are sold, but only if all the prices are displayed on only 1 of the following--

(a) price tickets that comply with subsection (2),

(b) a single board that complies with subsection (3).

(2) A price ticket must--

(a) only display the following information--

(i) the name of a product line, displayed once,

(ii) the price of a product line, displayed once,

(iii) a barcode or other identifying codes,

(iv) a symbol indicating the country of origin, and

(b) use only 2 colours, being 1 colour for the ticket and 1 colour for information permitted under paragraph (a), and

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

(d) not be more than 35cm 2 in area, and

(e) not contain text that is more than--

(i) 2cm in height, or

(ii) 1.5cm in width, and

(f) use only 1 font, and

(g) be attached to a sales unit, and

(h) not have other articles or things attached to it, and

(i) not be arranged with other price tickets to create an image or visual effect that would be incomplete if a ticket were removed, and

(j) not be highlighted by lighting.

(3) The board must--

(a) only be used to display the following information--

(i) the name of a product line, displayed once,

(ii) the price of a product line, displayed once, and

(b) not contain moving images or text, and

(c) not be more than 2,000cm 2 in area, and

(d) have only 1 of the following--

(i) a black background with white text,

(ii) a white background with black text, and

(e) not contain text that is more than--

(i) 2cm in height, or

(ii) 1.5cm in width, and

(f) use only 1 font, and

(g) be placed directly next to a sales unit, and

(h) not have other articles or things attached to it, and

(i) not be highlighted by lighting.

(4) In this section--

"product line" means a kind of tobacco product or e-cigarette that differs from other kinds by 1 or more of the following characteristics--

(a) its trademark,

(b) its brand name,

(c) its nicotine content,

(d) its tar content,

(e) its flavour,

(f) the quantity of the kind of tobacco product or e-cigarette in the retail package in which it is sold.

"sales unit" means a receptacle, an area of shelving or another thing from which tobacco products or e-cigarettes are dispensed when sold by retail, but does not include a tobacco or e-cigarette vending machine.