Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Requirements for smoked tobacco products - Constituents of smoked tobacco products

57G: Annual testing for constituents of smoked tobacco products

You could also call this:

"Tobacco product makers must test their products yearly to check they meet the law's rules."

If you make or import smoked tobacco products, you must follow some rules. You have to test these products every year to make sure they meet the rules set out in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990. You must do these tests by 31 December each year, and you have to pay for them yourself.

You have to test the products to ensure the things they are made of, and how much of each thing, are allowed under the law. If you do not do these tests, or if you do not do them on time, you can get in trouble.

If you do not follow the rules without a good reason, you can be fined up to $50,000. The rules about how to do the tests are set out in regulations, which are like detailed instructions that explain how to follow the law.

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57F: Limits on constituents of smoked tobacco products, or

"Rules for what can and can't be in smoked tobacco products"

57H: Director-General may require testing or further testing, or

"The government can ask you to test tobacco products you make or import to make sure they are safe."

Part 3ARequirements for smoked tobacco products
Constituents of smoked tobacco products

57GAnnual testing for constituents of smoked tobacco products

This section applies to a smoked tobacco product specified in regulations as a product to which this section applies.
Every manufacturer and every importer of a smoked tobacco product must, at their own expense, conduct a test to ensure that the constituents of the product, and their respective quantities, comply with any limits or prohibitions prescribed in this Act or regulations.
The tests must be conducted each year by 31 December in accordance with any requirements in regulations.
A manufacturer or an importer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

Notes

Section 57G: inserted, on 1 January 2023, by section 33 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 79).