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Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1991

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Short Title

Exemption for multinational sporting events

Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1991

Public Act		1991 No 35
Date of assent		12 June 1991

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Exemption for multinational sporting events
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1991, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Smoke free Environments Act 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Exemption for multinational sporting events

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 26, the following section:

“26a

“(1)

In this section, ‘multinational sporting event’ means any sporting event, or any series of sporting events,—

“(a)

In which 3 or more countries are, or will be, represented; and

“(b)

That is being held, or will be held, in 2 or more countries, including New Zealand.

“(2)

Notwithstanding anything in section 22 or section 24 or section 25 of this Act, the Minister may, by notice in writing, grant an exemption from any of the provisions of those sections in respect of—

“(a)

The use, in the name of a multinational sporting event, of—

“(i)

A tobacco product trade mark; or

“(ii)

A company name, or any part of a company name, of any manufacturer, importer, or distributor of tobacco products; or

“(b)

The advertisement of—

“(i)

A multinational sporting event; or

“(ii)

The fact that a multinational sporting event is organised or promoted or sponsored, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer, importer, or distributor of tobacco products; or

“(c)

The use, on any article, of—

“(i)

A tobacco product trade mark; or

“(ii)

A company name, or any part of a company name, of any manufacturer, importer, or distributor of tobacco products—

for the purpose of advertising or promoting or identifying to the public—

“(iii)

A multinational sporting event; or

“(iv)

The fact that a multinational sporting event is organised or promoted or sponsored, in whole or in part, by any manufacturer, importer, or distributor of tobacco products.

“(3)

The Minister may grant an exemption under subsection (2) of this section either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Health.

Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 1991