(1)     A person must not for any direct or indirect pecuniary benefit—

        (a)     display or cause or permit to be displayed, or authorise the display of, a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement in a theatre; or

        (b)     sell, or cause or permit to be sold, any film or video tape that contains a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement; or

        (c)     distribute or cause or permit to be distributed, or authorise the distribution of, to the public any unsolicited leaflet, handbill or other document that is a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

S. 6(2) amended by No. 45/2005 s. 11(1).

    (2)     A person must not for any direct or indirect pecuniary benefit—

        (a)     place or display or cause or permit to be placed or displayed, or authorise the placing or display of, a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement that is visible from a public place; or

        (b)     place or display, or cause or permit to be placed or displayed, or authorise the placing or display of, a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement on the outside of any road, sea or air vehicle or vessel.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 6(2AA) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 4(1).

    (2AA)     If there is a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement at a retail outlet (other than a specialist tobacconist or an on‑airport duty free shop), the person carrying on the tobacco retailing business or e-cigarette retailing business at that retail outlet is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person, or 300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

Note

See the definition of tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement in section 3B.

S. 6(2A) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(1) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(1)), amended by Nos 45/2005 s. 11(1), 49/2009 ss 4(2), 20(2)(3).

    (2A)     If there is a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement of a product line of a tobacco product or e-cigarette product at a point of sale at a specialist tobacconist or an on-airport duty free shop or at a wholesale outlet that is not in accordance with section 6A, the person carrying on the tobacco retailing business or the tobacco wholesaling business or the e-cigarette retailing business or the e-cigarette wholesaling business at that outlet is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person, or 300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

S. 6(2B) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(1) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(1)), amended by Nos 45/2005 s. 11(1), 49/2009 ss 4(3), 20(4).

    (2B)     A person must not, in the course of carrying on a tobacco retailing business or e-cigarette retailing business at a specialist tobacconist or an on-airport duty free shop or a tobacco wholesaling business or e-cigarette wholesaling business, display tobacco products or e-cigarette products at a retail outlet or wholesale outlet other than at a point of sale.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

S. 6(2C) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(1) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(1)).

    (2C)     Subsection (2B) does not apply to—

        (a)     the display of cigars in an operating humidor; or

        (b)     the display of cartons at an on-airport duty free shop.

S. 6(2D) inserted by No. 45/2005 s. 11(2).

    (2D)     A tobacco company or e-cigarette company is guilty of an offence against this subsection, and liable to a penalty not exceeding 5000 penalty units, if the tobacco company or e-cigarette company, as the case may be, intentionally or recklessly—

S. 6(2D)(a) amended by No. 49/2009 s. 4(4).

        (a)     contravenes subsection (1), (2), (2AA), (2A) or (2B); or

S. 6(2D)(b) amended by No. 49/2009 s. 4(4).

        (b)     causes another person to contravene subsection (1), (2), (2AA), (2A) or (2B).

S. 6(2E) inserted by No. 45/2005 s. 11(2).

    (2E)     An offence against subsection (2D) is an indictable offence.

    (3)     Nothing in this section applies to—

        (a)     a tobacco advertisement or e-cigarette advertisement in or on—

              (i)     a newspaper or magazine; or

              (ii)     a book; or

S. 6(3)(a)(iii) amended by No. 43/2000 s. 8(2)(a).

              (iii)     a package containing a tobacco product or e-cigarette product , other than a package at a point of sale; or

        (b)     a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement that is an accidental or incidental accompaniment to a film or video tape; or

S. 6(3)(ba) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 4(5).

        (ba)     the temporary display of tobacco products or e-cigarette products or immediate packages of tobacco products or e-cigarette products in a retail outlet in response to a request by a customer wishing to purchase a specified tobacco product; or

S. 6(3)(c) substituted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(3) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(3)(a)–(c)), amended by No. 49/2009 s. 4(6).

        (c)     a tobacco or e-cigarette advertisement (other than a display of a tobacco product or e-cigarette product carried about on a person) at a point of sale inside a specialist tobacconist, an on-airport duty free shop or a wholesale outlet that is in accordance with section 6A; or

S. 6(3)(ca) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(3) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(3)(a)–(c)), amended by Nos 49/2009 s. 4(7), 66/2013 s. 6(1).

        (ca)     one notice about tobacco products or e-cigarette products at one or more points of sale at a specialist tobacconist, an on-airport duty free shop or a wholesale outlet that complies with the prescribed requirements as to size, information contained in it and the manner in which the information is set out in it and the form in which the notice is displayed; or

S. 6(3)(cab) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 4(8), amended by No. 66/2013 s. 6(2).

        (cab)     one notice about tobacco products or e-cigarette products at one point of sale at a retail outlet (other than a specialist tobacconist or an on-airport duty free shop) that complies with the prescribed requirements as to size, information contained in it and the manner in which the information is set out in it and the form in which the notice is displayed; or

S. 6(3)(cb) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(3) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(3)(a)–(c)), amended by No. 49/2009 s. 4(9).

        (cb)     tickets or labels on, or adjacent to, immediate packages of tobacco products or e-cigarette products in a specialist tobacconist or an on-airport duty free shop if the tickets or labels display retail prices and comply with the prescribed requirements as to size, information contained in them and the manner in which the information is set out or displayed; or

S. 6(3)(cc) inserted by No. 43/2000 s. 8(3) (as amended by No. 28/2001 s. 19(3)(a)–(c)), amended by No. 49/2009 s. 4(10).

        (cc)     tickets or labels on or in vending machines that comply with the prescribed requirements as to size, information contained in them and the manner in which the information is set out or displayed; or

S. 6(3)(d) amended by No. 28/2001 s. 7, repealed by No. 45/2005 s. 11(3), new s. 6(3)(d) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 4(11).

        (d)     one notice at a retail outlet or a wholesale outlet to the effect that tobacco products are available for sale at the outlet, being a notice that does not exceed the prescribed maximum size and complies with the prescribed requirements as to information contained in it and the manner in which the information is set out or displayed; or

        (da)     one notice at a retail outlet or a wholesale outlet to the effect that e-cigarette products are available for sale at the outlet, being a notice that does not exceed the prescribed maximum size and complies with the prescribed requirements as to information contained in it and the manner in which the information is set out or displayed; or