TOBACCO LAW COMPLIANCE

The Hon. A. BRESSINGTON (15:15): As a supplementary question, and getting back to the question I asked, will the minister tell members what steps were taken to enforce that ban on tobacconists, and whatever? Were they notified? Are there inspectors? How is it being enforced?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health) (15:15): That ban, I have been advised, is enforced in the same way as all our other tobacco regulations are. When we change a regulation, or legislation for that matter, the appropriate stakeholders and industry members are notified. Their industry advocacy groups are also notified, and the inspectors include that in their routine investigations. They include the potential for that breach in their investigations, so that when they visit those establishments they would be looking for those products at those retail outlets.