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TOBACCO CONTROL ACT - SECT 15

Tobacco advertising in public places prohibited

15. Tobacco advertising in public places prohibited

(1) A person must not display, publish or broadcast an advertisement for a tobacco product so that it can be seen or heard in or from a public place.

Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 200 penalty units.

If the offender is a body corporate - 1 000 penalty units.

(2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if -

(a) the display, publication or broadcast is for a bona fide purpose other than the promotion of the tobacco product;

(b) the advertisement is in, on or part of the packaging of the tobacco product, but only if the advertisement does not extend beyond the borders of the packaging and was not added to the packaging after the tobacco product was sold by wholesale; or

(c) the advertisement is, or is in a class of advertisements, prescribed by the Regulations.



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