Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1997
Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1997
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Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1997
Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1997
| Public Act | 1997 No 32 |
| Date of assent | 28 July 1997 |
An Act to amend the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1997, and is part of the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 (the principal Act).
(2) Except as provided in section 7(5), this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
2 Interpretation
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(1) This subsection amended s 2 of the principal Act by inserting definitions of the terms Automatic vending machine, Casino, Casino operator's licence, Code of practice or code, Gaming and Gaming area.
3 Smoking in casinos
This section inserted s 13A of the principal Act.
4 Complaints to Director-General
Section 16(2)(a)(iii) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word
“board”
, and substituting the word“Director-General”
.
5 Offences in respect of smoking
This section inserted s 17(8A) of the principal Act.
6 Purpose of this Part
This section substituted s 21 of the principal Act.
7 Exemptions for retailers and vending machines
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(1) [Repealed]
(2) This subsection substituted s 23 of the principal Act.
(3) The principal Act is consequentially amended—
(4) The following enactments are consequentially repealed:
(a) Subsection (1) of this section:
(5) Subsections (2) to (4) of this section come into force on 11 December 1998.
Subsection (1), which substituted section 23(1)(b) and repealed section 23(1)(c) of the principal Act, was repealed, as from 11 December 1998, by section 7(4)(a) of this Act.
8 Free distribution and rewards prohibited
This section substituted s 28 of the principal Act.
10 Limits on harmful constituents
This section substituted s 31 of the principal Act.
11 New heading and sections inserted
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[Repealed]
This section, which inserted sections 32A to 32I and the preceding heading of the principal Act, was repealed, as from 11 December 1998, by section 7(4)(b) of this Act.
12 Offences in respect of tobacco products
13 Liability of employees, employers, agents, and principals
This section substituted s 38 of the principal Act.
14 Regulations
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(1) This subsection substituted s 39(1)(a) of the principal Act.
(2) [Repealed]
(4) This subsection repealed s 39(2) of the principal Act.
(5) The Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1990 is consequentially repealed.
Subsection (2), which substituted section 39(1)(d) of the principal Act, was repealed, as from 11 December 1998, by section 7(4)(b) of this Act.
15 Transitional provision
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(1) This section applies to—
(a) Packages of cigarettes (as defined in section 30A(1) of the principal Act); and
(b) Packages of tobacco—
that are, at the date on which this section comes into force,—
(c) In New Zealand; or
(d) In transit to New Zealand; or
(e) The subject of an irrevocable purchasing order by a person in New Zealand.
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