If you are a notifier, you must tell the Director-General as soon as possible when you find out about any adverse reaction to a notifiable product. You do this when you become aware of an unwanted or harmful reaction that someone has after using the product, and you think the product might have caused it. If you do not do this without a good reason, you can get a fine of up to $400,000.

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65: Obligations of retailers, or

"Rules for shops that sell vapes and tobacco in New Zealand"

67: When notifiable product must be renotified, or

"When you need to update a product's notification if it changes in a big way"

Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

66Obligation to notify adverse reaction

A notifier must advise the Director-General as soon as practicable after the notifier becomes aware of any adverse reaction to the notifiable product.
A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $400,000.
In this section, adverse reaction means an unwanted or harmful reaction—
that is experienced by an individual who has used the product; and
that is suspected to have been caused (wholly or partly) by the use of the product.

Notes

Section 66: inserted, on 11 November 2020, by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).