Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008:reg:93
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 93
Character Range: 88181–89211

93  Mandatory marking—bar code
 (1) The primary packaging of a tobacco product must display a bar code.
 (2) The secondary packaging of a tobacco product may display a bar code.

Requirements for bar codes
 (3) A bar code on the retail packaging of a tobacco product must:
 (a) appear only once on the packaging; and
 (b) be printed in either:
 (i) black and white; or
 (ii) the colour known as Pantone 448C and white; and
 (c) be rectangular in shape; and
 (d) for a cigarette pack or cigarette carton—appear only on the side outer surface of the pack or carton on which a health warning is not displayed.
 (4) The bar code must not:
 (a) form a symbol or design; or
 (b) represent, or be suggestive of, the brand name or variant name (if any) of the tobacco product.

Barcodes on wrappers
 (5) A bar code on a plastic or other wrapper covering more than one item of primary packaging may:
 (a) be included on an adhesive label attached firmly to the wrapper so as not to be easily removable; or
 (b) be printed on the wrapper.