Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 20 OF 2016) - SECT 27

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3A     Meaning of smoking product

In this Act:

"smoking product "means any of the following:

        (a)     a tobacco product;

        (b)     a herbal product;

        (c)     a personal vaporiser or a personal vaporiser related product.

3B     Meaning of personal vaporiser and personal vaporiser related product    

    (1)     In this Act:

"personal vaporiser" means—

        (a)     a device that—

              (i)     is made for the purpose or apparent purpose of delivering a substance into a person's body when the person inhales through the device; and

              (ii)     has 1 or more of the following:

    (A)     a battery;

    (B)     an electric heating element;

    (C)     a cartridge or container to store a substance; or

        (b)     a device prescribed by regulation.

"personal vaporiser related product" means—

        (a)     a device or other product that—

              (i)     is not capable of being used to deliver a substance into an individual's body without an adjustment, modification or addition; but

              (ii)     is apparently intended to be part of a personal vaporiser; or

        (b)     a device or other product to which paragraph (a) does not apply that is apparently intended to be used in connection with a personal vaporiser; or

        (c)     a device or other product prescribed by regulation.

Examples—personal vaporiser products

              •     an electric heating element, battery, cartridge, container or mouthpiece

              •     a product that combines an electric heating element and cartridge in a single unit

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act

, s 126 and s 132).

    (2)     However, a "personal vaporiser "or a personal vaporiser related product does not include the following:

        (a)     a device designed to be used to deliver oxygen into an individual's body;

        (b)     a drug pipe;

        (c)     any of the following within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

(Cwlth) included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, other than a device prescribed as a personal vaporiser:

              (i)     a therapeutic good;

              (ii)     a medical device;

              (iii)     a therapeutic device;

        (d)     a device or other product prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     In this section:

"Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods" means the register of therapeutic goods established under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

(Cwlth), section 9A.

"drug pipe"—see the Criminal Code

, section 621A (2).