Bill
Vaporised Nicotine Products Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- LEYONHJELM, Sen David
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-06-19
- second reading — 2017-06-19
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-06-19.
This bill would remove e-cigarettes from federal medicine regulation, matching the current exemption for tobacco cigarettes.
It would lift a national restriction on selling e-cigarettes in Australia and confirm that airport smoking rules and advertising bans do not cover vaping.
The main changes would start 12 months after the bill becomes law, with other parts starting immediately.
- Exclude e-cigarettes from Therapeutic Goods Administration regulation.
- Remove a Commonwealth barrier to selling e-cigarettes in Australia.
- Confirm that airport smoking rules do not affect vaping.
- Confirm that the ban on smoking advertising does not apply to vaping advertising.
Australian businesses that sell e-cigarettes, adults who use e-cigarettes, and state and territory governments that would need to legislate for sales.
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