EXCISE REGULATIONS 1925 (REPEALED)

Div 6 repealed by SLI No 174 of 2006, reg 3 and Sch 1 item 18, effective 1 July 2006.

Reg 42A repealed by SLI No 174 of 2006, reg 3 and Sch 1 item 18, effective 1 July 2006. Reg 42A formerly read:

42A(1)
Except as provided by this regulation, cut tobacco shall not be put up in packages containing more than 500 grams net weight.

42A(2)
Where:

(a) cut tobacco is to be delivered to an institution; and

(b) a written application is made by the chief executive officer of the institution certifying that the tobacco is to be distributed to inmates of the institution;

the Collector may authorize the putting up of cut tobacco in packages containing more than 500 grams net weight but not more than 12 kilogrammes net weight for delivery to the institution.

42A(3)
Where cut tobacco is to be removed under the CEO's control from one factory to another for further manufacture or packing in accordance with these regulations, the Collector may authorize the putting up of cut tobacco in packages containing more than 500 grams net weight but not more than 35 kilogrammes net weight.

42A(4)
A blender may make written application to the Collector for authority to receive cut tobacco in packages exceeding 500 grams net weight for the purposes of blending tobacco at premises specified in the application.

42A(5)
Where:

(a) the Collector grants an application made under the last preceding subregulation; and

(b) the blender gives security in an amount approved by the Collector that the tobacco will be used for blending purposes only and that the blended tobacco will be sold by the blender by retail only;

the Collector may authorize the putting up of cut tobacco in packages containing more than 500 grams net weight but not more than 12 kilogrammes net weight for delivery to the blender.

42A(6)
A person other than:

(a) a manufacturer;

(aa) the proprietor of an approved place;

(b) a chief executive officer of an institution to which the Collector has authorized the delivery of cut tobacco in accordance with subregulation (2) of this regulation;

(c) a blender to whom the Collector has authorized the delivery of cut tobacco in accordance with subregulation (5) of this regulation; or

(d) the licensee of a warehouse licensed under the Customs Act 1901 ;

shall not be in possession, custody or control of more than 10 kilogrammes net weight of cut tobacco not put up in packages in accordance with subregulation (1) of this regulation.

42A(7)
For the purposes of this regulation:

blender
means a person who blends or packs different kinds of tobacco and sells, or disposes of, the tobacco so blended or packed by retail.

institution
means an institution or establishment conducted by a State or an institution or establishment approved by the Collector.