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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 10 Hansard (12 October) . . Page.. 3016 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

'(2) A health warning notice must-

(a) have an unbroken flat surface, coloured white, with an area of at least-

(i) 10% of the total display surface area of the point of sale display, or 1 square metre, whichever is smaller; or

(ii) if regulations are made prescribing a different minimum area-the area prescribed under the regulations;

(b) display 1 of the following health warnings in Helvetica Medium capitals, in black letters in a single line:

(i) "SMOKING KILLS";

(ii) "SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE";

(iii) any other text prescribed under the regulations;

(c) display immediately beneath the health warning the following words in Helvetica Medium lower case type, with initial capitals, in black letters of at most half the height of the letters of the health warning, in a single line:

"Government Health Warning";

(d) display no other text or graphics unless required or permitted under the regulations; and

(e) have nothing attached to it (unless necessary for its support).

'(3) The area of the smallest rectangle that can be drawn around the text (and any graphics) in the notice must represent at least 80% of the total area of the notice.

'(4) In this section-

'point of sale display' does not include a vending machine;

'total display surface area', of a point of sale display, means the total surface area of all the following elements of the display (not including any intermediate areas within the point of sale):

(a) representations of immediate packages of tobacco products;

(b) the displayed faces of immediate packages of tobacco products;

(c) the transparent top (or front, if the cabinet is mounted vertically) of each display cabinet or humidor of tobacco products at the point of sale display;

(d) the area of the lid of each open and closed cigar box on display, unless contained within a display cabinet or humidor;

(e) for a wholesale outlet-the area of the displayed side of each carton of a product line on display.'.".

These amendments continue the process of clarification which I understand members have agreed to.

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