Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00142:section:8:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00142
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 23152–25965

8  Definitions
  In this Act:
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian hosting service provider has the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021.
authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under subsection 150(1).
brand name, in relation to a tobacco product, means the name under which the tobacco product is sold or supplied, or offered for sale or supply.
Note: A brand name must not be or include a prohibited term (see section 85).
carriage service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
cigar means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking that is enclosed in tobacco leaf or the leaf of another plant.
cigarette means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking that is enclosed in paper.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:
 (a) between Australia and a place outside Australia; or
 (b) among the States; or
 (c) between a State and a Territory; or
 (d) between 2 Territories; or
 (e) within a Territory.
container includes (without limitation) any pack, carton, box, tin, packet, bag, pouch, tube or other container.
Convention on Tobacco Control means the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, done at Geneva on 21 May 2003.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2005 No. 7 ([2005] ATS 7) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Copyright Act means the Copyright Act 1968.
Department of Home Affairs means the Department administered by the Minister for Home Affairs.
Designs Act means the Designs Act 2003.
e‑cigarette: see section 11.
Note: An e‑cigarette that contains tobacco is not treated as a tobacco product under this Act (see subsection 9(4)).
e‑cigarette accessory: see section 12.
e‑cigarette advertisement: see section 43.
e‑cigarette product means an e‑cigarette or an e‑cigarette accessory.
e‑cigarette sponsorship: see section 66.
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to do an act.
guidance and appeals panel has the same meaning as in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.
guidance and appeals panel application has the same meaning as in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.
health promotion insert has the meaning given by the regulations.
health warning has the meaning given by the regulations.
insert means any thing (other than a tobacco product or the lining of a cigarette pack) placed inside the retail packaging of a tobacco product.
Note: For requirements applying to the lining of a