Enforcement The Department employs tobacco control officers to enforce the smoking laws under the Public Health Act 1997. These officers visit retailers to check compliance with the laws (including the ban on selling to children) and to ensure you are aware of your obligations when selling smoking products. They have legal powers to enter and inspect areas where smoking products are sold. A person must not assault, abuse, threaten, hinder, obstruct or delay a tobacco control officer from attempting to exercise their powers under the Public Health Act 1997. What happens if I do not comply with the smoking laws? If you do not follow the laws that apply to you, you are committing an offence. Tobacco control officers may: deliver a verbal warning a warning letter issue an infringement notice commence court proceedings. The amount a person can be fined in an infringement notice and by a court can differ for each offence. The amount is set in the Act or in Regulations made under the Act. These are available at www.legislation.tas.gov.au. If you have failed to comply with the law, the Director of Public Health may cancel or place extra conditions on your licence. If you apply to renew your licence the Director can consider whether you have acted illegally in the past when deciding whether to grant you another licence. Providing false information about smoking laws It is against the law for any manufacturer, retailer or supplier of smoking products to provide false information about any laws across Australia for smoking or smoking products. It is also an offence for any manufacturer, retailer or supplier of tobacco products to provide incorrect information about the health effects of tobacco products. Glossary Act: the Public Health Act 1997 Ancillary tobacco products: cigarette papers, ashtrays and similar items, except: a. tobacco in any form b. a product of tobacco is an ingredient
Enforcement The Department employs tobacco control officers to enforce the smoking laws under the Public Health Act 1997. These officers visit retailers to check compliance with the laws (including the ban on selling to children) and to ensure you are aware of your obligations when selling smoking products. They have legal powers to enter and inspect areas where smoking products are sold. A person must not assault, abuse, threaten, hinder, obstruct or delay a tobacco control officer from attempting to exercise their powers under the Public Health Act 1997. What happens if I do not comply with the smoking laws? If you do not follow the laws that apply to you, you are committing an offence. Tobacco control officers may: deliver a verbal warning a warning letter issue an infringement notice commence court proceedings. The amount a person can be fined in an infringement notice and by a court can differ for each offence. The amount is set in the Act or in Regulations made under the Act. These are available at www.legislation.tas.gov.au. If you have failed to comply with the law, the Director of Public Health may cancel or place extra conditions on your licence. If you apply to renew your licence the Director can consider whether you have acted illegally in the past when deciding whether to grant you another licence. Providing false information about smoking laws It is against the law for any manufacturer, retailer or supplier of smoking products to provide false information about any laws across Australia for smoking or smoking products. It is also an offence for any manufacturer, retailer or supplier of tobacco products to provide incorrect information about the health effects of tobacco products. Glossary Act: the Public Health Act 1997 Ancillary tobacco products: cigarette papers, ashtrays and similar items, except: a. tobacco in any form b. a product of tobacco is an ingredient
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