Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO AND OTHER PRODUCTS) ACT 2023 - SECT 10

Basic definition

  (1)   A tobacco product accessory means any of the following:

  (a)   a cigarette paper (including a pre - rolled cigarette paper) that is not part of a tobacco product;

  (b)   a cigarette roller;

  (c)   a filter tip for a cigar or cigarette that is not part of a tobacco product;

  (d)   a wrapper for tobacco that is in the form of a sheet or tube made from or with tobacco;

  (e)   a card, capsule, bead or other device that is designed or intended to alter the flavour, smell or intensity of a tobacco product (except such a device that is part of a tobacco product);

  (f)   a pipe designed or intended for smoking pipe tobacco.

Note 1:   Tobacco product accessories and tobacco products are together called regulated tobacco items (see definition in section   8).

Note 2:   The wrappers mentioned in paragraph   (d) are sometimes called 'blunts' or 'blunt wraps'.

Tobacco product accessories may be prescribed

  (2)   The regulations may prescribe a kind of item to be a tobacco product accessory for the purposes of this Act.

  (3)   Before regulations are made under subsection   (2), the Minister must be satisfied that the item is designed or intended for use with or for the human consumption or use of tobacco products.

E - cigarette products excluded

  (4)   A tobacco product accessory does not include an e - cigarette product (even if the e - cigarette product contains tobacco).

Certain therapeutic goods excluded

  (5)   A tobacco product accessory does not include a product that is entered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods maintained under the Therapeutic Goods Act.