NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 55/17
Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Regulations
under the
Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
(O.C. 2017-181)
Amended by:
NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 55/17
Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Regulations
under the
Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
(O.C. 2017-181)
(Filed June 15, 2017)
Under the authority of section 10 of the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.
Dated at St. Johns
, June 13, 2017.
Elizabeth Day
Clerk of the Executive Council (Acting)
REGULATIONS
Analysis
Short title
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Regulations
.
55/17 s1
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Definition
2.
In these regulations "Act" means the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
.
55/17 s2
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Signs
3.
(1) For the purpose of paragraph 4.5(a) of the Act a sign that lists the types of tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha for sale and their prices may be displayed in accordance with subsection (2) in a place or premises in which tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha is sold or offered for sale if the sign complies with the following requirements:
(a)
the size of the sign shall not exceed 216 millimetres by 279 millimetres;
(b)
the sign shall be white except for its text, which shall be black;
(c)
the text on the sign shall not identify or reflect a brand of tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha or any element of a brand;
(d)
the text on the sign shall use only the following words, or an abbreviation or an equivalent in another language, to list the types of tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha for sale
(i)
cigarettes,
(ii)
cigarillos,
(iii)
cigars,
(iv)
smokeless tobacco,
(v)
loose tobacco,
(vi)
vapour products,
(vii)
non-tobacco shisha,
(viii)
electronic cigarette, and
(ix)
e-substance;
(e)
the text on the sign shall include the price range for the types of tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha for sale; and
(f)
the sign shall not include color, graphics, pictures, logos or other illustration.
(2)
In a place or premises in which tobacco, vapour products or non-tobacco shisha is sold or offered for sale a sign that meets the requirements of subsection (1) may be displayed however
(a)
no more than 3 signs in total may be displayed in the vendor's place or premises and of the 3 only one sign may be displayed at any till; and
(b)
the text of the sign shall not be visible from outside the vendor's place or premises.
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Flavoured tobacco exemptions
4.
The following types and flavours of tobacco are exempted from the definition of "flavoured tobacco" in the Act:
(a)
a cigar that
(i)
has a retail price of $4 or more,
(ii)
weighs 5 grams or more, and
(iii)
has a wine, port, rum or whisky flavour; and
(b)
pipe tobacco that has a wine, port, rum or whisky flavour.
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Repeal
5.
The Tobacco Control Regulations
, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 119/09, are repealed.
55/17 s5
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Commencement
6.
These regulations come into force on July 1, 2017.
55/17 s6
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