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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 14 February 2022

[TOB 25] Licence required for manufacturers, importers and distributors of tobacco products or e-cigarettes25 

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(1) No manufacturer, importer, distributor or person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall conduct on any premises the business of manufacture, importation, production, distribution, of tobacco products or e-cigarettes without first obtaining a tobacco control manufacture or Importation licence upon payment of the prescribed fee.

[subs (1) am Decree 25 of 2014 s 3, effective 1 February 2015; Act 2 of 2022 s 2, effective 14 February 2022]

(2) The Permanent Secretary shall serve as the licensing authority and shall have the authority to prescribe the requirement under the regulation for the grant of new, renewal of a licence or revocation of licence.

[subs (2) am Decree 72 of 2012 s 2, effective 3 December 2012]

(3) A licence once granted shall be valid for a period not exceeding 5 years.

[subs (3) am Act 2 of 2022 s 2, effective 14 February 2022]

(4) Applications for the issue or renewal of a licence shall be made in writing to the Permanent Secretary in the form set out in Schedule 4.

[subs (4) am Decree 72 of 2012 s 2, effective 3 December 2012; Act 2 of 2022 s 2, effective 14 February 2022]

(5) Any person who operates without a licence commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

[subs (5) am Act 31 of 2016 s 213, effective 1 December 2016]