New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

18 Rotation of warning messages: bidis

• (1) The manufacturer or importer of retail packages of bidis must, in relation to each 12-month period beginning on 1 March in any year,—

  • (a) print each warning message on the retail packages (or ensure that they are printed on the retail packages of bidis); and

  • (b) ensure that during that 12-month period, each warning message appears as nearly as possible on an equal number of retail packages of each different brand of bidis.

  (2) For the purposes of subclause (1)(b), bidis are of a different brand if—

  • (a) they are sold under different brand names; or

  • (b) they are sold under the same brand name but differ in 1 or more of the following ways:

    • (i) being sold in retail packages containing different numbers of pieces:

    • (ii) being otherwise differently flavoured:

    • (iii) allegedly differing in “mildness”:

    • (iv) being of different length or mass.