Smoke-free Environments Regulations 2007

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Reprint as at 23 July 2012

Smoke-free Environments Regulations 2007

(SR 2007/39)

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of February 2007

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

The Smoke-free Environments Regulations 2007 are administered by the Ministry of Health.

Pursuant to section 39 of the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

3 Interpretation

4 Meaning of tobacco package

5 Shapes and areas

Part 2
Labelling of retail packages

Subpart 1—Overview of labelling requirements

6 Overview of labelling requirements

Subpart 2—Cigarettes and loose or pipe tobacco

7 Labelling of retail packages: cigarettes

8 Labelling of retail packages: loose or pipe tobacco

Format of warning and corresponding explanatory messages

9 Format of warning message and corresponding explanatory message: cigarettes and loose or pipe tobacco

Format of information message

10 Format of information message: cigarettes and loose or pipe tobacco

Rotation of messages and graphics

11 Rotation of messages and graphics: cigarettes and loose or pipe tobacco

12 Changeover of messages and graphics: cigarettes and loose or pipe tobacco

Subpart 3—Cigars

13 Labelling of retail packages: cigars

Format of warning and corresponding explanatory messages

14 Format of warning message and corresponding explanatory message: cigars

Rotation of messages and graphics

15 Rotation of messages and graphics: cigars

Subpart 4—Retail packages containing bidis

16 Labelling of retail packages: bidis

Format of warning messages

17 Format of warning message: bidis

Rotation of warning messages

18 Rotation of warning messages: bidis

Subpart 5—Retail packages containing other tobacco products

19 Labelling of retail packages: other tobacco products

Format of warning messages

20 Format of warning message: other tobacco products

Rotation of warning messages

21 Rotation of warning messages: other tobacco products

Subpart 6—General provisions

22 Messages and corresponding graphics not to be obscured, etc

23 Use of adhesive labels

24 Corresponding graphics not to be distorted

25 Corresponding graphics: permitted variations

26 Ministry of Health warning

Part 2A
Provision of information about tobacco products

26A Display of information inside retailer's place of business about availability of tobacco products

26B Provision of information about tobacco products offered for Internet sale

Part 2B
Infringement offences

26C Infringement fees for infringement offences

26D Infringement and reminder notices

Part 3
Other matters

27 Price lists given to retailers

28 Manufactured cigarettes to be tested

29 Conduct of tests of manufactured cigarettes

30 Display of retailers' names and trade names outside shops [Revoked]

31 Vending machines [Revoked]

32 Returns and reports

Revocation and savings

33 Revocation

34 Transitional provision

Schedule 1
Requirements for labelling of retail packages

Schedule 2
Warning messages, corresponding explanatory messages, and corresponding graphics

Schedule 3
Layouts for labelling of retail packages

Schedule 4
Information message and Quitline logo

Schedule 4A
Infringement fees for infringement offences

Schedule 4B
Forms of infringement notice and reminder notice

Schedule 5
Form of return

Schedule 6
Form of report

Gazette information

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