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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulated products that must be notified

67: When notifiable product must be renotified

You could also call this:

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

If you have already notified a product, you must renotify it if the product changes significantly. You must cancel the old notification and complete a new one that shows the changes to the product. This new notification must be done as soon as possible.

A significant change can be a change to the product's vaping substance, like a different composition or nicotine level. It can also be a change to the tobacco component, like a different composition or strength. Other changes, like a new atomiser or a change to another part of the product, can also be significant if they are specified in regulations.

You must follow these rules when a product changes in a significant way, as defined in the legislation, which was amended by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020. This means you have to update the notification to reflect the new changes to the product. You do this by cancelling the old notification and sending in a new one.

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Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

67When notifiable product must be renotified

  1. If, after a notifiable product has been notified, the product or any part of the product undergoes a significant change, the notifier must, as soon as practicable,—

  2. cancel the product notification for the product; and
    1. complete a new product notification that accurately reflects the change to the product.

      1. In this section, significant change means any of the following changes (as applicable):

      2. a change to the composition or nicotine level of the product’s vaping substance:
        1. a change to the composition or strength of the product’s tobacco component:
          1. a change to the product’s atomiser:
            1. a change to any other part or component of the product that is specified in regulations.

              Notes
              • Section 67: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).