PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) REGULATION 1999 - REG 9 Placing of the arrangement

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) REGULATION 1999 - REG 9

9 Placing of the arrangement

(1) A package forming part of an arrangement referred to in section 61B (4) of the Act may only be displayed in a sales unit that is routinely used for effecting sales and that complies with the requirements of this clause.

(2) The sales unit:

(a) must not be placed or situated on any counter, and

(b) must have not less than 50 packages in it, and

(c) must not display any other item, object or thing (other than smoking accessories or a price ticket or price board displayed in accordance with this Regulation), and

(d) must have no device that causes movement, visible to the public, of any part of the sales unit or any tobacco product in the unit, and

(e) must not contain any mirror (or other reflective device), interior lighting, exterior lighting attached to the sales unit or external spotlighting, and

(f) must not be positioned so that is causes the packages to face more or less towards a window unless:

(i) the direction in which the packages are facing is perpendicular to the plane of the window, or

(ii) the window is at least 2 metres distant from the display.

(3) The sales unit must be wholly within the service area of the shop or retail premises.

(4) In this clause, "smoking accessories" means matches, filters, lighters, cigarette papers and other things used for smoking.