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TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING ACT 2011 - SECT 37

Selling or supplying non - compliant tobacco products

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person:

  (i)   sells a tobacco product; or

  (ii)   offers a tobacco product for sale; or

  (iii)   otherwise supplies (whether or not for consideration) a tobacco product; and

  (b)   the product does not comply with a tobacco product requirement.

Note 1:   There is an exception to this subsection in section   49 (non - compliant tobacco products for export).

Note 2 :   See subsection   4 (2) for an extended meaning of offer .

Fault - based offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   ( 1).

Penalty:   2,000 penalty units.

Note:   See section   50 in relation to the physical elements of the offence.

Strict liability offence

  (3)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   ( 1).

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

Note:   For offences of strict liability, see subsection   6.1(1) of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty provision

  (4)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   ( 1).

Civil penalty:   2,000 penalty units.

Note:   It is not necessary to prove a person's state of mind in proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, except in limited circumstances (see section   94 of the Regulatory Powers Act ).


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