STATUTORY RULES
1973 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1971.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia,
acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the
following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1971.
Dated this twenty-second day of February, 1973.
Paul
Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Customs and Excise.
Amendment of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall come into
operation on the first day of March, 1973
Third Schedule.
2. The Third Schedule to the Customs
(Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by inserting after item 2b, the following item:—
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| Cigarettes
| 1. The statement ‘WARNING—SMOKING IS A
HEALTH HAZARD.’ shall, unless the permission in writing of the Minister to
import the cigarettes has been obtained, appear—
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(a) on each container as provided by section
5 of the Cigarette Containers (Labelling) Ordinance 1972 of the Australian Capital Territory,
as in force at the date of commencement of this item; and
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(b) if two or more containers arc packed in a
carton or other wrapping—on the carton or other wrapping as provided by
section 7 of that Ordinance,
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and the words ‘Non-injurious’,
the words ‘Non-hazardous’ or any other words that convey, or tend to convey,
an indication that smoking is not a hazard to health shall not appear on the
container, carton or other wrapping.
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2. For the purposes of paragraph 1—
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(a) expressions used in this item have the same
meaning as in that Ordinance; and
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(b) where a container containing cigarettes
is in a transparent outer wrapping, the transparent outer wrapping shall be
deemed not to form part of the container.”.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth
Gazette on 1973.
Statutory Rules
1956, No. 90, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Customs
(Prohibited Imports) Regulations see footnote to Statutory Rules 1973,
No. and see also Statutory
Rules 1973, No.
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