This Chapter establishes the Illicit Tobacco and E - cigarette Commissioner, within the Australian Border Force which is part of the Department of Home Affairs.

The Illicit Tobacco and E - cigarette Commissioner has the following functions:

  (a)   supporting the development and implementation of national strategies for the enforcement of illicit tobacco and e - cigarette product laws;

  (b)   advising on the development of new laws and strategies relating to the trade in illicit tobacco and e - cigarette products;

  (c)   providing administrative and governance support for any intergovernmental responses to the trade in illicit tobacco and e - cigarette products in Australia;

  (d)   preparing and publishing reports;

  (e)   other functions as are conferred on the Commissioner by a law of the Commonwealth;

  (f)   anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.