Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1927

Number: A1927-14
Status: In Force

Notes

For infringement notice offences under this Act see Magistrates Court (Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Infringement Notices) Regulation 2010.

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
5 January 2026	HTML PDF Word	R40	5 January 2026	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Health - Health and Community Services Directorate

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Tobacco Regulation 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Subordinate laws	s 73	1 May 1991 - 28 February 2009	SL1991-11
Tobacco Regulations Amendment 2001(Repealed)	Repealed		Subordinate laws	s 73	19 September 2001 - 18 December 2001	SL2001-37
Tobacco (Fees) Determination 2003 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	14 February 2003 - 9 July 2015	DI2003-10
Tobacco (Fees) Determination 2000(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	21 September 2000 - 13 February 2003	DI2000-305
Tobacco (Fees) Determination 2000(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 67	15 August 2000 - 13 February 2003	DI2000-277
Tobacco (Signage at Bruce Stadium) Exemption 1995(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	10 April 1995 - 31 December 1995	DI1995-29
Tobacco (Exemptions) Determination 1995(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	15 August 1995 - 6 December 1995	DI1995-113
Tobacco (Exemption) Determination 1994(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	15 June 1994 - 10 November 1994	DI1994-42
Tobacco Exemption 1994(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	2 March 1994 - 31 December 1994	DI1994-14
Tobacco Exemption 1993(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	20 October 1993 - 2 December 1993	DI1993-144
Tobacco (Exemption) Determination 1992(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	7 February 1992 - 16 February 1992	DI1992-9
Tobacco (Exemption) Determination 1992(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10, s 12	7 February 1992 - 11 March 1992	DI1992-10
Tobacco Exemption 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10	23 November 1991 - 25 November 1991	DI1991-100
Tobacco Exemption 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	12 September 1991 - 12 March 1992	DI1991-80
Tobacco Exemption 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	12 September 1991 - 18 December 1991	DI1991-79
Tobacco Exemption 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	22 May 1991 - 25 May 1991	DI1991-14
Tobacco Appointment of Registrar of Tobacco(Repealed)	Repealed	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 29	25 May 2000 - 9 February 2006	NI2000-138
Tobacco Appointment 1997(Repealed)	Repealed	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 11	14 October 1997 - 10 May 2000	NI1997-233
Tobacco Exemption 1991 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	26 March 1991 - 31 December 1991	DI1991-121
Tobacco Exemption 1991 (No 2)(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 10 and s 12	26 March 1991 - 31 December 1991	DI1991-122
Tobacco Exemption(Repealed)	Repealed		Notifiable instruments	s 10 and s 12	8 March 1991 - 8 March 1991	NI1991-112
Tobacco (Compliance Testing Procedures) Approval 2007 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 42D	29 March 2007 - 11 July 2011	DI2007-80
Tobacco (Prohibited Smoking Products) Declaration 2009 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Notifiable instruments	s 21	28 February 2009 - 16 October 2011	NI2009-53
Tobacco (Compliance Testing Procedures) Approval 2011 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 42D	12 July 2011 - 23 July 2015	DI2011-194
Tobacco (Prohibited Smoking Products) Declaration 2011 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Notifiable instruments	s 21	17 October 2011 - 17 April 2025	NI2011-584
Tobacco (Compliance Testing Procedures) Approval 2014 (No 1)	None		Disallowable instruments	s 42D	12 December 2014	DI2014-308
Tobacco (Compliance Testing Procedures) Revocation 2015 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 42D	24 July 2015 - 25 July 2015	DI2015-211
Tobacco (Fees) Determination 2015 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	10 July 2015 - 30 June 2016	DI2015-213
Tobacco (Fees) Determination 2016 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017	DI2016-170
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2017 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 July 2017 - 30 September 2018	DI2017-113
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2018 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 October 2018 - 31 December 2019	DI2018-239
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Regulation 2018	None		Subordinate laws	s 73	2 October 2018	SL2018-18
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2019 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020	DI2019-252
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2020 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021	DI2020-299
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2021 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2022 - 26 April 2022	DI2021-263
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2022 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	27 April 2022 - 31 August 2022	DI2022-40
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2022 (No 2)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 September 2022 - 31 December 2022	DI2022-205
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2022 (No 3)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023	DI2022-250
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2023 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024	DI2023-261
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2024 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2025 - 30 June 2025	DI2024-304
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2025 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 July 2025 - 31 December 2025	DI2025-93
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Fees) Determination 2025 (No 2)	None	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 70	1 January 2026	DI2025-301

Related instruments

Name	Effective	Year and No	Classification	Status
Legislation (Tobacco) Delegation 2011 (No 1) (Repealed)	1 July 2011 - 11 December 2014	NI2011-365	ni	Repealed
Legislation (Tobacco) Delegation 2014 (No 1) (Repealed)	12 December 2014 - 9 July 2015	NI2014-647	ni	Repealed
Legislation (Tobacco) Delegation 2015 (No 1)	10 July 2015	NI2015-374	ni	None

Point-in-time versions

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The following table lists 39 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
5 January 2026	HTML PDF Word	R40	5 January 2026	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
16 December 2025 - 4 January 2026	HTML PDF Word	R39	16 December 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-36
18 April 2025 - 15 December 2025	HTML PDF Word	R38	18 April 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-8
10 December 2022 - 17 April 2025	HTML PDF Word	R37	10 December 2022	Republication for amendments by A2022-24
23 June 2021 - 9 December 2022	HTML PDF Word	R36	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12
2 October 2018 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R35	2 October 2018	Republication for amendments by A2018-33
29 August 2016 - 1 October 2018	HTML PDF Word	R34	29 August 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-7
1 August 2016 - 28 August 2016	HTML PDF Word	R33	1 August 2016	Republication for renaming and other amendments by A2016-20
3 June 2015 - 31 July 2016	HTML PDF Word	R32	3 June 2015	Republication for amendments by A2015-16
7 November 2014 - 2 June 2015	HTML PDF Word	R31	7 November 2014	Republication for amendments by A2014-47
5 June 2012 - 6 November 2014	HTML PDF Word	R30	5 June 2012	Republication for amendments by A2012-21
12 December 2011 - 4 June 2012	HTML PDF Word	R29	12 December 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-52
17 November 2011 - 11 December 2011	HTML PDF Word	R28	17 November 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-16
1 July 2011 - 16 November 2011	HTML PDF Word	R27	1 July 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-22
18 April 2011 - 30 June 2011	HTML PDF Word	R26	18 April 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-1
2 January 2011 - 17 April 2011	HTML PDF Word	R25	2 January 2011	Republication for expiry of transitional provision (s 101)
1 December 2010 - 1 January 2011	HTML PDF Word	R24	1 December 2010	Republication for amendments by A2010-43
17 December 2009 - 30 November 2010	HTML PDF Word	R23	17 December 2009	Republication for amendments by A2009-49
1 March 2009 - 16 December 2009	HTML PDF Word	R22	1 March 2009	Republication for commenced expiry
28 February 2009 - 28 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R21	28 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-50
2 February 2009 - 27 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R20	2 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-36 and A2008-37
1 December 2008 - 1 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R19	1 December 2008	Republication for commenced expiry
27 October 2008 - 30 November 2008	HTML PDF Word	R18	27 October 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-20
16 September 2008 - 26 October 2008	HTML PDF Word	R17	16 September 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-50
13 April 2008 - 15 September 2008	HTML PDF Word	R16	13 April 2008	Republication for commenced expiry
12 April 2007 - 12 April 2008	HTML PDF Word	R15	12 April 2007	Republication for amendments by A2007-3
25 October 2006 - 11 April 2007	HTML PDF Word	R14	25 October 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-41
2 September 2006 - 24 October 2006	HTML PDF Word	R13	2 September 2006	Republication for commenced expiry
1 September 2006 - 1 September 2006	HTML PDF Word	R12	1 September 2006	Republication for amendments by A2004-49
1 May 2006 - 31 August 2006	HTML PDF Word	R11	1 May 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-2
6 March 2005 - 30 April 2006	HTML PDF Word	R10*	6 March 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-5
17 August 2004 - 5 March 2005	HTML PDF Word	R9	17 August 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-49
9 April 2004 - 16 August 2004	HTML PDF Word	R8	9 April 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-15
17 September 2002 - 8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word	R7	1 October 2002
28 May 2002 - 16 September 2002	HTML PDF Word	R6 (RI)	1 October 2002
28 May 2002 - 16 September 2002	HTML PDF Word	R6	30 May 2002	Does not include retrospective amendments by A2002-30 (see reissued republication).
17 September 2001 - 27 May 2002	HTML PDF Word	R5 (RI)	1 October 2002
17 September 2001 - 27 May 2002	HTML PDF Word	R5	6 November 2001	Does not include retrospective amendments by A2002-30 (see reissued republication).
11 November 2000 - 16 September 2001	HTML PDF Word	R4 (RI)	1 October 2002
23 June 1927	PDF PDF	As notified	23 June 1927	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Notification statement

The Tobacco Ordinance 1927 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23 June 1927 (Cwlth Gaz 1927 No 69).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Ordinance as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
23 June 1927	23 June 1927	PDF PDF	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
all provisions	23 June 1927	Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 101	1 January 2011 (midnight)	s 101 (5)
s 34 (5)-(7)	28 February 2009 (midnight)	s 34 (7)
s 100	30 November 2008 (midnight)	s 100 (5)
s 29 (2)-(4), s 30 (3)-(5), s 32 (3)-(5)	12 April 2008 (midnight)	s 29 (4), s 30 (5), s 32 (5)
s 49B	1 September 2006 (midnight)	s 49B (2)
pt 9	1 September 2001 (midnight)	s 75 (1)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2021-12	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 3 pt 3.58	23 June 2021
A2022-24	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2022	pt 3	10 December 2022
A2018-33	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2018	pt 12	2 October 2018
A2016-20	Smoke-Free Legislation Amendment Act 2016	pt 4	1 August 2016
A2016-7	Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2016	sch 1 pt 1.11	29 August 2016
A2015-16	Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Amendment Act 2015	sch 1 pt 1.22	3 June 2015
A2014-47	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2014	pt 17	7 November 2014
A2012-21	Statute Law Amendment Act 2012	sch 3 pt 3.48	5 June 2012
A2011-52	Statute Law Amendment Act 2011 (No 3)	sch 1 pt 1.7, sch 3 pt 3.52	12 December 2011
A2011-22	Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011	sch 1 pt 1.154	1 July 2011
A2011-16	Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2011	sch 1 pt 1.11	17 November 2011
A2011-1	Public Sector Management Amendment Act 2011	s 82	18 April 2011
A2010-43	Liquor (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010	sch 1 pt 1.22	1 December 2010
A2009-49	Statute Law Amendment Act 2009 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.75	17 December 2009
A2008-50	Tobacco Amendment Act 2008	ss 16-18, s 22	16 September 2008
A2008-50	Tobacco Amendment Act 2008	ss 4-15, ss 19-21, ss 23-32, sch 1	28 February 2009
A2008-37	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.98	2 February 2009
A2008-36	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008	sch 1 pt 1.50	2 February 2009
A2008-20	Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008	sch 3 pt 3.20	27 October 2008
A2007-3	Statute Law Amendment Act 2007	sch 3 pt 3.99	12 April 2007
A2006-41	Tobacco (Compliance Testing) Amendment Act 2006	ss 4-7	25 October 2006
A2006-2	Casino Control Act 2006	sch 1 pt 1.6	1 May 2006
A2005-5	Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005	pt 15	6 March 2005
A2004-49	Tobacco (Vending Machine Ban) Amendment Act 2004	s 14	17 August 2004
A2004-49	Tobacco (Vending Machine Ban) Amendment Act 2004	ss 5-13, ss 15-30	1 September 2006
A2004-15	Criminal Code (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Amendment Act 2004	sch 1 pt 1.36, sch 2 pt 2.90	9 April 2004
A2002-30	Statute Law Amendment Act 2002	amdt 3.906	taken to have commenced 5 October 2000
A2002-30	Statute Law Amendment Act 2002	amdts 3.903-3.905, amdt 3.907, amdt 3.908	17 September 2002
A2002-11	Legislation Amendment Act 2002	pt 2.47	28 May 2002
A2001-68	Tobacco Amendment Act 2001	s 4, s 5	17 September 2001
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 383	12 September 2001
A2000-53	Smoking Products Legislation Amendment Act 2000	s 9, s 10	10 November 2000
A2000-53	Smoking Products Legislation Amendment Act 2000	ss 4-8, s 11, sch 1	5 October 2000
A2000-16	Tobacco Amendment Act 2000	ss 4-6, sch 1, sch 2, sch 3 pt 1	1 July 2000
A1999-57	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1999	s 17	10 November 1999
A1999-57	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1999	ss 4-12, ss 14-16, s 18	10 May 2000
A1998-54	Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	sch	9 December 1998
A1997-70	Public Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997	sch 1	13 August 1998
A1993-98	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1993	ss 4-6	24 December 1993
A1993-44	Acts Revision (Position of Crown) Act 1993	sch 2	27 August 1993
A1990-39	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1990	s 5 (in so far as it inserts ss 4-11)	1 March 1991
A1990-39	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1990	s 4, s 5 (remainder)	1 January 1991
A1966-19	Acts Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	sch 1	23 December 1966
A1957-10	Tobacco Act 1957	s 2	31 October 1957
A1937-27	Acts Revision Act 1937	sch 2	23 December 1937
A1937-19	Tobacco Act 1937	ss 2-4	16 December 1937
A1936-10	Tobacco Act 1936	ss 2-11	2 April 1936
A1999-57	Tobacco (Amendment) Act 1999	s 13	10 November 2000
A2025-8	Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping Goods) Amendment Act 2025	ss 5-10, sch 2 pt 2.2	18 April 2025
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 4 pt 4.175	5 January 2026
A2025-36	Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Amendment Act 2025	ss 4-9	16 December 2025