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s 18

Food and toys resembling or promoting smoking products

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Part 3Supply of smoking products

18 Food and toys resembling or promoting smoking products

(1)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

sells or imports food or a toy; and

(b)

the food or toy, or its package or packaging, resembles—

(i)

a smoking product; or

(ii)

a smoking product package.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2)

For subsection (1), food or a toy resembles a smoking product or a smoking product package if a reasonable person would believe that the resemblance exists, or is likely to exist.

(3)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

sells or imports food or a toy; and

(b)

the food or toy, or its package or packaging, publicises or otherwise promotes 1 or more of the following things:

(i)

a smoking product, or the purchase or use of a smoking product;

(ii)

a trademark or brand name, or part of a trademark or brand name, of a smoking product;

(iii)

the name or interests of a manufacturer or distributor of a smoking product in association, directly or indirectly, with the smoking product.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(4)

For subsection (3), food or a toy, or its package or packaging, publicises or otherwise promotes a thing mentioned in subsection (3) (b) if a reasonable person would believe that the food, toy, package or packaging publicises or promotes, or is likely to publicise or promote, the thing.

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