Australian Capital Territory
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Commonwealth Regulations) Endorsement 2013 (No 1)
Notifiable instrument NI2013–282
made under the  
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997, Section 6A (Endorsement of Cwlth regulations)

I endorse the proposed Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Legislation Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Regulation 2013 for the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 (Cwlth) set out in the attachment.

Katy Gallagher MLA
Chief Minister 
16 June 2013

Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Legislation Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Regulation 2013

Select Legislative Instrument No.      , 2013
I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Acts mentioned in section 3.
Dated 				2013
Quentin Bryce
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Greg Combet AM
Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation
for the Minister for Health

Contents
1	Name of regulation	1
2	Commencement	1
3	Authority	1
4	Schedule(s)	1
Schedule 1—Amendments	2
Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011	2
Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997	2

1  Name of regulation
		This regulation is the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Legislation Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Regulation 2013.
2  Commencement
		This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.
3  Authority
		This regulation is made under the following Acts:
	(a)	subsection 45(3) of the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997;
	(b)	section 109 of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011.
4  Schedule(s)
		Each instrument or Act that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
  
Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011
1  At the end of regulation 1.1.5
Add:
Note 1:	The Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 and these Regulations were temporarily exempted from the operation of the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 under section 46 of that Act and section 109 of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011. The temporary exemption operated from 1 October 2012 until the commencement of the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Legislation Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Regulation 2013.
Note 2:	The Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 and these Regulations are permanently exempted from the operation of the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 under subsection 4(2) and section 45 of that Act, and clause 3 to Part 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act. The permanent exemption began on the commencement of the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Legislation Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Regulation 2013.
Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997
2  Clause 3 of Schedule 2 (at the end of the table)
Add:

Tobacco	
Competition and Consumer Act 2010, section 134 of Schedule 2 to that Act, to the extent that it relates to the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011	
Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011