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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 10 Hansard (12 October) . . Page.. 3017 ..


Amendments agreed to.

Clauses, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 14 to 17, by leave, taken together.

MR MOORE (Minister for Health and Community Care) (5.32): I seek leave to move government amendments 19 to 21 together.

Leave granted.

MR MOORE: I move:

Clause 15, page 12, line 27, paragraph (c), proposed new paragraph 10 (2) (ca), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(ca) a single product information notice at or adjacent to a point of sale;

(caa) a single price ticket at a point of sale display for each product line on sale (or usually available for sale) at the point of sale;".

Clause 17, page 15 -

Line 31, proposed new subsection 11A (7), definition of "object", omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

" 'object' does not include a tobacco product.",

Line 32, after proposed new section 11A, insert the following section:

" '11AA. Tobacco product giveaways

'(1) A person must not supply a tobacco product for free if the supply promotes the sale of any tobacco product for value.

Penalty:

(a) if the offender is a natural person-50 penalty units;

(b) if the offender is a body corporate-250 penalty units.

'(2) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), for the purpose of establishing whether the supply of a tobacco product for free promotes the sale of any tobacco product for value-

(a) it is sufficient to prove-

(i) that any material published (or caused, permitted or authorised to be published) by the defendant in relation to the supply would be likely to cause a reasonable person to believe the sale of any tobacco product for value to be promoted, or intended to be promoted, by the supply; or

(ii) that there are other reasonable grounds for believing the sale of any tobacco product for value to be promoted, or intended to be promoted, by the supply; and


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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the Canberra region. It is also an important meeting place for other Aboriginal peoples. We respect their continuing cultures and value the contribution they make to life in the ACT.