Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Reduced Fire Risk Cigarettes) Regulations 2008 (Cth)

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Reduced Fire Risk Cigarettes) Regulations 2008

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 195 as amended

made under the

Trade Practices Act 1974

This compilation was prepared on 15 April 2009 taking into account amendments up to SLI 2009 No. 66

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 2 Commencement [see Note 1] 3 Purpose 4 Application 5 Interpretation 6 Different kinds of cigarettes 7 Retail package

Part 2 Safety standard for cigarettes

Division 1 Safety standard

8 Safety standard 9 Compliance with safety standard

Division 2 Performance requirements

10 Performance requirements

Division 3 Testing requirements

11 Testing standard 12 Testing requirements 13 Lowered permeability bands

Division 4 Packaging and marking requirements

14 Packaging and marking requirements

Notes

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

These Regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Reduced Fire Risk Cigarettes) Regulations 2008.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Purpose

These Regulations prescribe a consumer product safety standard for cigarettes.

4 Application

(1) On and after the day that occurs 18 months after the commencement of these Regulations, these Regulations apply to cigarettes that are: (a) manufactured in Australia on or after that day; or (b) imported into Australia on or after that day.

(2) On and after the day that occurs 24 months after the commencement of these Regulations: (a) these Regulations apply to all cigarettes manufactured in Australia, no matter when they were manufactured; and (b) these Regulations apply to all cigarettes imported into Australia, no matter when they were imported.