❓ Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2026 53. Mr Peter Rundle to the Minister for Health: I refer to the minister's Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2026, in which closure order powers sit w
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Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2026
53. Mr Peter Rundle to
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the
minister's Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2026, in which closure order
powers sit with the minister and can only be delegated to the director general.
In regional Western Australia, where towns are hundreds or thousands of kilometres
apart and enforcement teams are based in Perth, why has the minister refused to
allow those powers to be delegated further so local authorities and regional
enforcement teams can shut down illegal tobacco shops immediately?
53. Mr Peter Rundle to
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the
minister's Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2026, in which closure order
powers sit with the minister and can only be delegated to the director general.
In regional Western Australia, where towns are hundreds or thousands of kilometres
apart and enforcement teams are based in Perth, why has the minister refused to
allow those powers to be delegated further so local authorities and regional
enforcement teams can shut down illegal tobacco shops immediately?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for the question. Again, I am sure there will be lots of opportunity to talk
about those issues when we get to consideration in detail. The same provisions on
who has authority to make closure orders exist in South Australia. Obviously,
there is a desire to strike a balance between taking fast action where illicit
tobacco trade is undertaken and ensuring the
requirements of the act are satisfied. That is the advice we have received on how
those two objectives can be met.
for the question. Again, I am sure there will be lots of opportunity to talk
about those issues when we get to consideration in detail. The same provisions on
who has authority to make closure orders exist in South Australia. Obviously,
there is a desire to strike a balance between taking fast action where illicit
tobacco trade is undertaken and ensuring the
requirements of the act are satisfied. That is the advice we have received on how
those two objectives can be met.
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