TOBACCO ACT 1987 - NOTES
TOBACCO ACT 1987 - NOTES
Version No.
099
No. 81 of 1987 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 September 2023
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Version No. 099
Tobacco Act 1987
No. 81 of 1987 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 September 2023
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading
speech—
Legislative Assembly: 7 October 1987
Legislative Council: 30 October 1987
Long title
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to provide for the
regulation of the sale and promotion of tobacco products and for other
purposes.".
The Tobacco Act 1987 was assented to on 24 November 1987 and came
into operation as follows:
Sections 6(1)(3) , 13 , 15 on 1 April 1988: section 2(2) ; section 6(2) on
1 January 1989: section 2(4) ; section 14 on 1 July 1988: section 2(3) ;
rest of Act on 24 November 1987: section 2(1).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984
(ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out
in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which
provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by
the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or
clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of
the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or
clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the
following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001
form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1
January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that
Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule;
sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or
after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes
inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on
or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January
2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was
passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms
part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether
inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers
include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See
section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13
October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to
be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another
legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at
the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items
will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section
36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act. See
section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to
the Tobacco Act 1987 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 ,
No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a) –(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette
30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p.
2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1993 , No.
83/1993
Assent Date:
3.11.93
Commencement Date:
Ss 1 –3 , 5 , 6 on 3.11.93; s. 4 on 1.1.94: s.
2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1993 , No.
125/1993
Assent Date:
7.12.93
Commencement Date:
S. 20(12) on 7.12.93: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 ,
No. 31/1994
Assent Date:
31.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 4(Sch. 2 item 90) on 1.1.95: Government Gazette 28.7.94
p. 2055
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Equal Opportunity Act 1995 , No.
42/1995
Assent Date:
14.6.95
Commencement Date:
S. 224 on 5.10.95: Government Gazette 28.9.95 p. 2731;
Sch. 2 item 41 on 1.1.96: Government Gazette 21.12.95
p. 3571
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Gaming No. 2 Act 1997, No. 16/1997
Assent Date:
6.5.97
Commencement Date:
S. 120 on 31.3.98: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Business Franchise Fees (Safety Net) Act 1997, No.
94/1997
Assent Date:
16.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 21 on 16.12.97: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998,
No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1 ) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Printers and Newspapers (Repeal) Act 1998, No.
56/1998
Assent Date:
13.10.98
Commencement Date:
S. 5(2) on 19.11.98: Government Gazette 19.11.98
p. 2792
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 43/2000 (as amended
by No. 28/2001)
Assent Date:
6.6.00
Commencement Date:
Ss 4 –6 , 7 (2), 11, 12 , 13 (2), 14 , 15 ,
16 (1)(a)(c)(d)(2)(3), 17 –22 on 1.11.00: s. 2(2) ; ss 7(1) , 13 (1)(3) on
1.7.01: s. 2(3) ; ss 8 –10, 16 (1)(b) on 1.1.02: s.
2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking
Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 76) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco (Further Amendment) Act 2001, No.
28/2001
Assent Date:
12.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 16 on 13.6.01: s. 2(1) ; s. 8 on 1.7.01:
s. 2(2) ; ss 7 , 9 , 10, 12 , 15 , 17 (2) on 1.10.01: s. 2(3) ; ss 3(2) ,
4 –6 , 11 on 1.11.01: s. 2(4) ; ss 3(1) , 13 , 14 , 17 (1) on 1.1.02:
s. 2(5)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002, No.
31/2002
Gambling Regulation Act 2003, No.
114/2003
Assent Date:
16.12.03
Commencement Date:
S. 12.1.3(Sch. 6 item 13) on 1.7.04: Government Gazette
1.7.04 p. 1843
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Public Administration Act 2004 ,
No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 204) on 5.4.05: Government
Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco (Amendment) Act 2005, No.
45/2005
Infringements (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act
2006, No. 32/2006
Assent Date:
13.6.06
Commencement Date:
S. 94(Sch. item 47) on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06
p. 1315
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Owners Corporations Act 2006 , No.
69/2006
Assent Date:
19.9.06
Commencement Date:
S. 224(Sch. 3 item 9) on 31.12.07: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and
Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 101) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 , No.
46/2008
Assent Date:
2.9.08
Commencement Date:
S. 291 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment (Protection of Children) Act 2009, No.
49/2009
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and
Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009
Assent Date:
24.11.09
Commencement Date:
S. 97(Sch. item 120) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09
p. 3215
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Health and Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2010,
No. 29/2010
Assent Date:
8.6.10
Commencement Date:
S. 73 on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 235) 23.6.10 p.
1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act
2010 , No. 49/2010
Assent Date:
24.8.10
Commencement Date:
S. 232 on 1.7.12: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Justice Legislation Amendment (Infringement Offences) Act
2011, No. 27/2011
Assent Date:
21.6.11
Commencement Date:
S. 8 on 1.1.10: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation
Act 2011, No. 58/2011
Assent Date:
2.11.11
Commencement Date:
S. 104(Sch. item 6) on 6.2.12: Special Gazette
(No. 423) 21.12.11 p. 4
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment (Smoking at Patrolled Beaches) Act
2012, No. 71/2012
Assent Date:
20.11.12
Commencement Date:
Ss 3 , 4 on 1.12.12: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment (Shopper Loyalty Schemes) Act 2012, No.
86/2012
Assent Date:
18.12.12
Commencement Date:
S. 3 on 1.3.13: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment Act 2013, No.
66/2013
Assent Date:
6.11.13
Commencement Date:
Ss 4 –12 on 1.4.14: Special Gazette (No. 81) 18.3.14 p.
1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Mental Health Act 2014 , No. 26/2014
Assent Date:
8.4.14
Commencement Date:
S. 455(Sch. item 30) on 1.7.14: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other
Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
Assent Date:
3.6.14
Commencement Date:
S. 10(Sch. item 169) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette
(No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Corrections Amendment (Smoke-Free Prisons) Act 2014,
No. 45/2014
Assent Date:
1.7.14
Commencement Date:
Ss 6 , 7 on 1.7.15: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment Act 2014,
No. 65/2014
Assent Date:
9.9.14
Commencement Date:
Ss 4 –14 on 13.4.15: Special Gazette (No. 66)
31.3.15 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Tobacco Amendment Act 2016, No.
55/2016[1]
Assent Date:
18.10.16
Commencement Date:
Ss 4 –11 on 1.8.17: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018 , No.
6/2018
Assent Date:
27.2.18
Commencement Date:
S. 68(Sch. 2 item 125) on 1.3.19:
s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Health Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2019, No.
34/2019
Assent Date:
22.10.19
Commencement Date:
Ss 65−67 on 23.10.19: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Children's Services Amendment Act 2019, No.
37/2019
Assent Date:
6.11.19
Commencement Date:
S. 22 on 17.5.20: Special Gazette (No. 232) 12.5.20
p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Local Government Act 2020 ,
No. 9/2020
Assent Date:
24.3.20
Commencement Date:
S. 390(Sch. 1 item 102) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No.
150) 24.3.20 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2022,
No. 13/2022
Assent Date:
29.3.22
Commencement Date:
Ss 57–60 on 30.3.22:
s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Casino and Liquor Legislation Amendment Act 2022,
No. 26/2022
Assent Date:
28.6.22
Commencement Date:
S. 62 on 1.7.22: Special Gazette (No. 336) 30.6.22
p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Mental
Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 , No. 39/2022
Assent Date:
6.9.22
Commencement Date:
S. 873 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
Casino Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission
Implementation and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 42/2022
Assent Date:
27.9.22
Commencement Date:
S. 67 on 28.9.22: s. 2(1) ;
ss 63 – 66 on
1.8.23: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Tobacco Act 1987
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3 Explanatory details
[1] Table of Amendments: The
proposed amendment to section 36L(2)(a) by section 9(22)(b) of the Tobacco
Amendment Act 2016, No. 55/2016 (repealed ) is not included in this
publication, as the amended text does not exist due to an earlier editorial
amendment.