Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TOBACCO ACT 1927 - SECT 101

    (1)     The new point of sale display provisions do not apply until 1 January 2010 in relation to a person (a standard tobacconist ) who—

        (a)     holds a retail tobacconist's licence or wholesale tobacco merchant's licence in relation to premises; and

        (b)     carries on business as a retail tobacconist or wholesale tobacconist at the premises; and

        (c)     is not a specialist tobacconist.

    (2)     The new point of sale display provisions do not apply until 1 January 2011 in relation to a person (a specialist tobacconist ) who—

        (a)     holds a retail tobacconist's licence in relation to premises that are not part of premises used by the person for other retail purposes; and

        (b)     carries on business at the premises the main purpose of which is selling smoking products by retail.

    (3)     Until the new point of sale display provisions apply in relation to a standard tobacconist or specialist tobacconist, the old point of sale display provisions continue to apply in relation to the tobacconist.

    (4)     In this section:

"new point of sale display provisions "means the following provisions of this Act, as in force after this section commences:

        (a)     part 2 (Points of sale), other than section 8 (Numbers of points of sale);

        (b)     section 20 (Display of smoking products);

        (c)     section 23 (Prohibited smoking advertising);

        (d)     section 24 (Removal of smoking advertisements);

        (e)     section 56 (Disciplinary action—general).

"old point of sale display provisions" means the Tobacco Regulation 1991 and the following provisions of this Act, as in force immediately before this section commences:

        (a)     part 2 (Point of sale displays);

        (b)     section 20 (Display of smoking products at points of sale);

        (c)     section 22 (Health warnings at point of sale displays);

        (d)     section 23 (Prohibited smoking advertising);

        (e)     section 24 (Removal of smoking advertisements);

        (f)     section 56 (Disciplinary action—general).

"retail tobacconist's licence—"see section 43.

"wholesale tobacco merchant's licence—"see section 43.

    (5)     This section expires on 1 January 2011.