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Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 198

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Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 22 August 2016 | Barbara Stewart

Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 198

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No 198

House of Representatives

Supplementary Order Paper

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Bill

Proposed amendment

Barbara Stewart, in Committee, to move the following amendment:

Clause 2

Replace clause 2(1) (page 2, lines 6 and 7) with:

(1)

This Act comes into force on a date that is—

(a)

appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and

(b)

no earlier than 12 months after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Explanatory note

This Supplementary Order Paper amends clause 2 to provide manufacturers with a realistic timeframe for the transition from branded to standardised packaging stock in order to significantly lessen the burden to comply with new packaging regulations introduced by the Bill.
Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 22 August 2016

Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 198

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