TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING ACT 2011 (NO. 148, 2011) - SECT 33 Packaging tobacco products in non-compliant retail packaging

TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING ACT 2011 (NO. 148, 2011) - SECT 33

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person packages a tobacco product for retail sale; and

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

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

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.

             (3)  For the purposes of subsection (2), strict liability applies to the element of the offence that the tobacco product is packaged for retail sale.

Note:          For strict liability in relation to a physical element of an offence, see subsection 6.1(2) of the Criminal Code .

Strict liability offence

             (4)  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

             (5)  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 98).