Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Tobacco Act 1987 - SECT 43

Regulations

43. Regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to-

   (a)  the labelling of packages containing tobacco including the position of
        labels on packets and the size, colour, style and nature of labels or
        labelling; and

   (aa) specifying the method or methods by which average yields of tar,
        nicotine and carbon monoxide of tobacco in a package are to be
        determined if a label is required to disclose those yields; and

   (b)  prescribing statements or warnings for the purpose of labelling
        packages; and

   (c)  generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted
        by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give
        effect to this Act.

(2) The regulations-

   (a)  may be of general or limited application; and

   (b)  may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance;
        and

   (c)  may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without modification) any
        matter contained in an Act of the Commonwealth or in an instrument
        made under such an Act as in force from time to time.

(3) The regulations are subject to disallowance by a House of the Parliament.



(4) This section authorises the prescribing by regulation of the matters
contained in the Health (Tobacco Warning Labels) Regulations 1986 and those
Regulations have effect as if they had been made under this section.

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