Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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TOBACCO CONTROL ACT - SECT 12

Health warnings on packaging

12. Health warnings on packaging

(1) A person must not sell tobacco products unless they are enclosed in a package that displays a prescribed health warning.

Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 100 penalty units.

If the offender is a body corporate - 500 penalty units.

(2) A person must not sell tobacco products that are enclosed in 2 or more packages unless each package displays a prescribed health warning.

Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 100 penalty units.

If the offender is a body corporate - 500 penalty units.

(3) A person must not sell a package containing tobacco products on which -

(a) the words "non-injurious" or "non-hazardous" appear; or

(b) words that convey, or tend to convey, an indication that smoking is not a hazard to health appear,

whether the package otherwise complies with this Act and the Regulations or not.

Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 100 penalty units.

If the offender is a body corporate - 500 penalty units.

(4) An offence against this section is a regulatory offence.



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