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the packaging material in its natural state.
Note: A lining in the retail packaging of a tobacco product, other than a cigarette pack, is an insert.

2.6.3  Tabs for resealing tobacco products
 (1) Primary packaging of tobacco products, other than cigarette packs, may include a tab for resealing the packaging.
 (2) The tab must be entirely:
 (a) black; or
 (b) transparent and not coloured; or
 (c) the colour known as Pantone 448C.
 (3) The tab must not obscure any relevant legislative requirement.

Part 3—Requirements for appearance of tobacco products

Division 3.1—Appearance of cigarettes

3.1.1  Paper casing for cigarettes
 (1) The paper casing, and lowered permeability band (if any), of cigarettes must be:
 (a) white; or
 (b) white with an imitation cork tip.
 (2) In this regulation:
lowered permeability band means a concentric band of paper or other material that is included in, or applied to, cigarette paper in order to inhibit the burning of the cigarette.

3.1.2  Alphanumeric code on cigarettes
 (1) A cigarette may be marked with an alphanumeric code.
 (2) The alphanumeric code must:
 (a) appear only once on the cigarette; and
 (b) be printed:
 (i) parallel to, and not more than 38 mm from, the end of the cigarette that is not designed to be lit; and
 (ii) in the typeface known as Lucida Sans; and
 (iii) no larger than 8 points in size; and
 (iv) in normal weighted regular font; and
 (v) in black.
 (3) The alphanumeric code must not:
 (a) constitute tobacco advertising and promotion; or
 (b) provide access to tobacco advertising and promotion; or
 (c) be false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression about the cigarette's characteristics, health effects, hazards or emissions; or
 (d) directly or indirectly create a false impression that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products; or
 (e) represent, or be linked or related in any way to, the emission yields of the cigarette, such as tar, nicotine or carbon monoxide; or
 (f) represent, or be related in any way to, the brand or variant name of the cigarette.

3.1.3  Colour of filter tip of cigarettes
  If a cigarette includes a filter tip, the filter tip must be white.

Division 3.2—Appearance of other tobacco products

3.2.1  Appearance of cigars
 (1) A single band may appear around the circumference of a cigar if it is the colour known as Pantone 448C and it complies with this regulation.
 (2) The band may be an adhesive band:
 (a) that completely covers another band or bands; and
 (b) that is fastened firmly to, and not easily removable from, the band or bands it covers.
 (3) The following marks may appear on the band:
 (a) the brand, company or