Queensland Consolidated Acts

TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS ACT 1998 - SECT 44D

44D Power to require production of written acknowledgement

(1) An authorised person may require a supplier or a person in charge of a tobacco product vending machine to make available for inspection by an authorised person, or produce to the authorised person for inspection, at a reasonable time and place nominated by the authorised person, a written acknowledgement obtained by the supplier or person.

(2) The authorised person may keep the acknowledgement to copy it.

(3) If the authorised person copies an acknowledgement, the authorised person may require the person responsible for keeping the acknowledgement to certify the copy as a true copy of the acknowledgement.

(4) The authorised person must return the acknowledgement to the person as soon as practicable after copying it.

(5) However, if a requirement (an
"acknowledgement certification requirement" ) is made of a person under subsection (3) , the authorised person may keep the acknowledgement until the person complies with the requirement.

(6) A requirement under subsection (1) is called an
"acknowledgement production requirement" .

(7) In this section—

"written acknowledgement" means a written acknowledgement obtained by a supplier or person in charge of a tobacco product vending machine from an employee of the supplier or person in taking prevention measures mentioned in part 2 .