Tobacco Industry Reporting: Tobacco Reporting Regulations

Part 1 - Special Requests

Urgent Requests

6. Where any information to be provided in a report made under Parts 2 to 5 is urgently required for any of the purposes set out in section 4 of the Act, the Minister may, in writing and with reasons, request that a manufacturer provide the information before the day on which the report is required to be submitted.

Requests for additional information

7. Where additional information is required for any of the purposes set out in section 4 of the Act, the Minister may, in writing and with reasons, request that a manufacturer provide any additional information that is related to information provided in a report made under these Regulations, including

1. any report made by a laboratory that is the basis for a report made under these Regulations; and
2. any information relating to a research activity reported under Part 4, including a copy of any document for which a cover page was included.

Time to provide additional information

8. For the purposes of sections 6 and 7, the manufacturer shall provide any additional information within 30 days after the Minister's request is sent or at such later date as may be fixed by the Minister if the Minister determines that more time to comply with the request is necessary because of the complexity of the request or because new analyses or calculations are required to satisfy the request.

Permanent Reports

Content

9. (1) Every manufacturer shall report the following information:

1. their name, street address and telephone number;
2. the street address of each establishment where they manufacture a tobacco product;
3. a list of every consumer tobacco product that they manufacture, by brand and by each type of package and carton of the brand, and, in the case of a kit, a list of every tobacco product contained in it; and
4. a list of consumer tobacco products that they manufacture that are identical products sold under different brands, including an indication of which of the products are identical.

Samples of packages, cartons, and kits

(2) Every manufacturer shall provide to the Minister, for each brand of a consumer tobacco product that they manufacture, a sample or reasonable facsimile of each type of package, carton and kit.

Initial report

(3) Every manufacturer of a consumer tobacco product shall, within 90 days after the coming into force of these Regulations, provide the following to the Minister:

1. the information described in subsection (1); and
2. the samples or facsimiles described in subsection (2).

Notice of changes

(4) If the information reported under subsection (1), or anything provided under subsection (2), is changed by the manufacturer, the manufacturer shall, within 30 days after the change is made,

1. advise the Minister of the change in the information; and
2. provide the Minister with a copy of the changed package, carton or kit.

Manufacturing Procedures

Requirement to provide

10. (1) Every manufacturer shall provide to the Minister, by brand, their manufacturing procedures for each of their consumer tobacco products.

Time to provide procedures

(2) The manufacturing procedures shall be provided

1. in the case of a consumer tobacco product being manufactured at the time these Regulations come into force, within 90 days after that coming into force date; and
2. in the case of any other consumer tobacco product, on or before the day on which the manufacturer begins to manufacture that consumer tobacco product.

Change in information

(3) If a manufacturer changes a manufacturing procedure, the manufacturer shall provide the new procedure to the Minister within 30 days after the change is made