New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) This regulation applies to—
(a) the warning message in English and te reo Māori that must be displayed on the front face of a retail package containing cigars; and
(b) the warning message in English and the corresponding explanatory message that must be displayed on the back face of a retail package containing cigars.
(2) The text of the warning message in English and te reo Māori that must be displayed on the front face of a retail package must be printed—
(a) in bold type in black on a yellow background for the English element of the message; and
(b) in black on a yellow background for the te reo Māori element of the message; and
(c) in the typeface known as Helvetica; and
(d) in upper-case and lower-case letters as the text of the warning messages is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2, in type that is—
(i) clear and legible; and
(ii) subject to regulation 26 (which relates to the optional Ministry of Health warning) of the same point size throughout the message; and
(iii) of such a size that the text, as nearly as possible, fills the background on which it is printed; and
(e) if required, within a black rectangular border (up to 0.3 mm wide) to prevent printing colour bleeds.
(3) The text of the warning message in English and of the corresponding explanatory message that must be displayed on the back face of a retail package must be printed,—
(a) for the warning message, in bold type in white on a black background; and
(b) for the corresponding explanatory message, in black on a yellow background; and
(c) in the typeface known as Helvetica; and
(d) in upper-case and lower-case letters as the text of the warning messages and corresponding explanatory messages is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2, in type that—
(i) is clear and legible; and
(ii) of such a size that the text, as nearly as possible, fills the background on which it is printed.
