Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008:reg:91
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 91
Character Range: 85221–87049

91  Mandatory marking—measurement marks
 (1) The primary packaging, and the secondary packaging, of a tobacco product must be marked with a statement (the measurement mark) of the measurement of the product.

Requirements for measurement mark
 (2) The measurement mark must be printed:
 (a) in the typeface known as Lucida Sans; and
 (b) no larger than 3 mm in size; and
 (c) in normal weighted regular font; and
 (d) in the colour known as Pantone Cool Gray 2C.
 (3) The measurement mark must be:
 (a) printed in the same orientation as the brand name; and
 (b) at least 2 mm from the edges of the retail packaging; and
 (c) in a form in which units of measurement under the metric system are ordinarily written in the English language.

Wrappers
 (4) A measurement mark on a plastic or other wrapper that covers more than one item of primary packaging of a tobacco product must be printed:
 (a) in white; and
 (b) on a black rectangular background.

Cigarette packs or cigarette cartons
 (5) A measurement mark on a cigarette pack or a cigarette carton:
 (a) must appear once on the front outer surface of the pack or carton; and
 (b) may appear once on either the top or the bottom outer surfaces of the pack or carton.

Retail packaging of other tobacco products
 (6) A measurement mark on the retail packaging of tobacco products other than a cigarette pack or cigarette carton:
 (a) must appear once on an outer surface of the packaging; and
 (b) may appear on no more than 2 outer surfaces.

Interaction with National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009
 (7) The requirements of this section apply only to the extent that Division 4.4 of the National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009 does not require the primary packaging, or the secondary packaging, of a tobacco product to be marked with a statement of measurement.