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House of Assembly—No 31
As received from the Legislative Council and read a first
time, 20 June 2006
South Australia
Tobacco
Products Regulation (Prohibited Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill 2006
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Tobacco Products Regulation
Act 1997.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Tobacco
Products Regulation Act 1997
4 Insertion of section 34A
34A Prohibited
tobacco products
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Tobacco Products Regulation
(Prohibited Tobacco Products) Amendment Act 2006.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Tobacco Products Regulation
Act 1997
After section 34 insert:
34A—Prohibited
tobacco products
(1) The
Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that a class of tobacco
products specified in the notice are prohibited tobacco products.
(2) The Minister must not make a declaration
under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that—
(a) the tobacco products, or the smoke of the products,
possesses a distinctive fruity, sweet or confectionary-like character; and
(b) the nature of the products, or the way they are advertised,
might encourage young people to smoke.
(3) The
Minister may, by further notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under
this section.
(4) A person must not sell a prohibited tobacco
product by retail.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.