Part 4Regulated products that must be notified
69AAnnual testing for constituents of notifiable products
This section applies to a notifiable product specified in regulations as a product to which this section applies.
Every manufacturer and every importer of a notifiable product must, at their own expense, conduct either or both of the following tests (as regulations require):
- a test for the constituents of each brand of the product sold by the manufacturer or importer, and the respective quantities of those constituents:
- a test for the constituents of any emissions.
The tests must be conducted each year by 31 December in accordance with any requirements in regulations.
If regulations require it, each variant of the brand must be tested separately.
A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse,—
- fails to conduct any tests required under this section; or
- fails to conduct those tests in accordance with regulations.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (5) is liable on conviction,—
- in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or
- in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Notes
- Section 69A: inserted, on , by section 37 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 79).