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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulated products that must be notified

78: Technical advisory committee

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"Expert group to advise on regulated products like alternative tobacco and nicotine"

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The Director-General can set up a group to give advice on regulated products. You might wonder what kind of people would be in this group. The Director-General gets to choose who is in the group and what rules they follow. When choosing people for the group, the Director-General must think about whether they know about things like the good and bad effects of alternative tobacco and nicotine products. The group can decide how it wants to work, as long as it follows the rules in the Act and any other rules it is given.

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Part 4Regulated products that must be notified

78Technical advisory committee

  1. The Director-General may establish 1 or more advisory committees to advise the Director-General on the exercise and performance of the Director-General’s powers and functions under this Part.

  2. The Director-General may—

  3. appoint members of the advisory committee on any terms and conditions that the Director-General thinks fit; and
    1. specify terms of reference for the committee’s work.

      1. In appointing members of the advisory committee, the Director-General—

      2. must take into account the need for members to collectively have knowledge and expertise relating to—
        1. the risks and benefits associated with alternative tobacco and nicotine-delivery products; and
          1. how alternative tobacco and nicotine-delivery products are regulated internationally; and
            1. the manufacture, importation, and retail sale of alternative tobacco and nicotine-delivery products; and
            2. may take into account any other knowledge or expertise that the Director-General considers relevant.

              1. An advisory committee may, subject to any provision in this Act, the regulations, and any terms of reference, determine its own procedure.

              Notes
              • Section 78: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).