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requirements

11 Testing standard

  Subject to regulations 12 and 13, cigarettes must be tested in accordance with AS 4830—2007.

12 Testing requirements

 (1) Cigarettes must be tested as part of a test trial.

 (2) Each test of a cigarette in a test trial must be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.

 (3) Each test trial must consist of 40 replicated tests.

 (4) Each different kind of cigarette must be tested in a separate test trial.

 (5) Cigarettes that use lowered permeability bands must also comply with the requirements in regulation 13.

13 Lowered permeability bands

 (1) For subregulation 12 (5), cigarettes that use lowered permeability bands must have at least 2 identical bands surrounding the tobacco column.

 (2) At least 1 complete band must be located not less than 15 mm from the lighting end of the cigarette.

 (3) For filter cigarettes, if the bands are positioned on the cigarette by design:
 (a) at least 1 band must be located not less than 15 mm from the lighting end of the cigarette; and
 (b) at least 1 band must be located not less than 10 mm from the filter end of the tobacco column.

 (4) For non‑filter cigarettes, if the bands are positioned on the cigarette by design:
 (a) at least 1 band must be located not less than 15 mm from the lighting end of the cigarette; and
 (b) at least 1 band must be located not less than 10 mm from the labelled end of the tobacco column.

Division 4 Packaging and marking requirements

14 Packaging and marking requirements

 (1) Retail packages must not contain cigarettes that do not meet the performance requirements set out in Division 2.

 (2) Each retail package must bear the following statement:

  'AUSTRALIAN FIRE RISK STANDARD COMPLIANT. USE CARE IN DISPOSAL'.

 (3) The statement must be clearly legible and must not obscure any warning message, explanatory message or graphic required under the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004.

 (4) The statement may be printed on an adhesive label that is affixed to the retail package.

 (5) The adhesive label must be fastened firmly to the retail package so as not to be easily removable.

 (6) For subregulation (5), in determining whether an adhesive label can easily be removed, regard must be had to:
 (a) the expected life‑span of the package; and
 (b) whether the label can be removed without damaging either the label or the packaging.

Notes to the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Reduced Fire Risk Cigarettes) Regulations 2008

Note 1

The Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Reduced Fire Risk Cigarettes) Regulations 2008 (in force under the Trade Practices Act 1974) as shown in this compilation