Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulated products that must be notified

68: Notifiable product must not contain prohibited substance, prohibited flavour, or colouring substance

You could also call this:

"Some things are not allowed in certain products to keep people safe"

If you have a notifiable product, it must not contain a prohibited substance. You also cannot have a prohibited flavour in your notifiable product. A notifiable product that makes vapour or aerosol must not have a colouring substance in it.

You need to check what substances are prohibited to make sure your product is okay. A notifiable product with a prohibited substance or flavour is not allowed. The rules for notifiable products are part of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990, which was amended by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020, you can find more information about the amendment on the legislation website.

The law says what you can and cannot have in a notifiable product to keep people safe. You must follow the rules to ensure your product is safe and allowed. The rules are in place to protect people's health and wellbeing.

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Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

68Notifiable product must not contain prohibited substance, prohibited flavour, or colouring substance

  1. A notifiable product must not contain a prohibited substance.

  2. A notifiable product must not contain a prohibited flavour.

  3. A substance or mixture of substances that is intended to be vaporised or aerosolised by a notifiable product must not contain a colouring substance.

Notes
  • Section 68: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).