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Requirement to provide information on and test tobacco products.
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11.—The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 40:
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“40.—(1) A manufacturer or importer of tobacco products shall provide the Office with such information (within such period as it may, from time to time by notice in writing, require) relating to—
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(a) the tobacco products concerned,
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(b) tobacco products of such a class as the Office may specify, or
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(c) tobacco products that are sold under such brand name as may be so specified,
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including information relating to—
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(i) the composition or properties of tobacco products, and
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(ii) their sale or marketing.
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(2) The Office may, by notice in writing, require the manufacturer or importer of a tobacco product to carry out such tests as are specified in the notice on such tobacco products manufactured by him or her as are so specified.
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(3) The manufacturer or importer of a tobacco product shall, when carrying out a test pursuant to a requirement under subsection (2), permit such person as may be specified in a notice under that subsection to attend at the place or places where such test is carried out and observe its being carried out.
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(4) A manufacturer or importer who carries out a test pursuant to a notice under subsection (2) shall, not later than 14 days from his or her obtaining the results of the test, furnish the Office with a statement of those results which shall contain such information and be in such form as the Office may specify.
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(5) A person who contravenes this section or a requirement under this section shall be guilty of an offence.”.
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