Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Act 2018

No. 120, 2018

An Act to amend the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 1

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Amendments 3

Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 3

An Act to amend the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 October 2018]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

This Act is the Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Act 2018.
2 Commencement 1

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 4 October 2018

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 2

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Amendments

Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011

 1 After paragraph 81(1)(a)

Insert:

 aa

(aa) a person who is appointed or engaged otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1999, by the Commonwealth or by a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013;

 2 At the end of subsection 81(1)

Add:

; (c) a person:

 i

who is appointed or employed by a State or Territory, or by a local governing body established by or under a law of a State or Territory; and

 ii

who has responsibilities in relation to health matters or in relation to compliance and enforcement in tobacco control matters;

 d

a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory.

 3 After subsection 81(2)

Insert:

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 15 August 2018

Senate on 12 September 2018]

(151/18)

 2A

The Secretary may appoint a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) or (d) as an authorised officer only with the agreement of the State or Territory concerned.