Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulated products that must be notified

71: Director-General may require notifier to provide information about safety of notifiable product

You could also call this:

"The government can ask you for safety information about a product you've told them about."

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The Director-General can ask you to provide information about the safety of a product you have notified. You will get a written notice asking for this information. You must give the Director-General the information within the time frame they specify.

If you give false or misleading information, you can get a fine of up to $50,000. The Director-General can also fine you up to $1,000 if you do not provide the information on time.

You can find more about the laws related to this in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990, which was amended by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020.

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70: Declaration of prohibited substance, or

"When can a substance be banned for being unsafe?"

72: Director-General may issue warning, or

"The government can warn people about a product that might be harmful."

Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

71Director-General may require notifier to provide information about safety of notifiable product

The Director-General may, by written notice, require a notifier of a notifiable product to provide information relating to the safety of the notifiable product.
The notifier must provide the information within the period specified in the notice.
A notifier who knowingly provides false or misleading information in response to the notice commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $50,000.
A notifier who fails to comply with subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Notes

Section 71: inserted, on 11 November 2020, by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).