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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Control of smoking products - Sale and messages and information

31A: Standardised packaging of tobacco products

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"Tobacco products must be packaged in a plain standard way"

Illustration for Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The law used to say that tobacco products had to be packaged in a standard way. You can find more information about this in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990. This part of the law was repealed, which means it was removed, on 11 November 2020, by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020.

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Part 2Control of smoking products
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31AStandardised packaging of tobacco products (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 31A: repealed, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).