Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO AND OTHER PRODUCTS) ACT 2023 - SECT 39

Basic definition

  (1)   A tobacco sponsorship means any form of contribution (whether financial or otherwise) to an event, activity or individual that promotes, or is likely to promote, the following (whether directly or indirectly):

  (a)   smoking;

  (b)   a regulated tobacco item or the use of such an item.

Note:   In some circumstances, a tobacco sponsorship may also constitute a tobacco advertisement.

Tobacco sponsorships may be prescribed

  (2)   The regulations may prescribe a kind of contribution to be a tobacco sponsorship for the purposes of this Act.