Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

[1]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Advisory Report on the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011, August 2011.

[2]        Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, 'Second Reading Speech: Trade Mark Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011', House of Representatives Hansard, 6 July 2011, p. 7712.

[3]        This section has largely been extracted from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Advisory Report on the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011, August 2011, pp 2-3.

[4]        Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992, subsection 9(2).

[5]        Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009, Final Report, 26 August 2010, p. 1.

[6]        British American Tobacco Australia, 'BATA heads to High Court over plain packs', Media Release, 5 September 2011, available at http://www.bata.com.au/group/sites/bat_7wykg8.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7WZEX6/$FILE/medMD8LE28A.pdf (accessed 5 September 2011).

[7]        Mr David Crow, BATA, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 4.

[8]        Philip Morris,' Philip Morris Asia Initiates Legal Action Against the Australian Government Over Plain Packaging', Press Release, 27 June 2011, available at http://www.pmi.com/eng/media_center/press_releases/Pages/PM_Asia_plain_packaging.aspx (accessed 5 September 2011).

CHAPTER 2 - OVERVIEW OF THE BILL

[1]        Note: within the provisions of the TM Bill, the TPP Bill is referred to as if it had been enacted, ie. Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, p. 15.

[3]        EM, p. 3.

[4]        EM, p. 4.

[5]        EM, p. 4.

[6]        Further information regarding the Madrid system for the international registration of marks is available on the World Intellectual Property Organisation website: www.wipo.int/madrid/en/, (accessed 1 September 2011).

[7]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 8 of 2011, 17 August 2011, p. 39.

CHAPTER 3 - KEY ISSUES

[1]        Submission 36, p. 2.

[2]        Mr Simon Cotterell, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, pp 26-28.

[3]        Submission 36, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 36, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 35, p. 10.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 2.

[7]        Submission 36, p. 3.

[8]        Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p 23.

[9]        Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p 23.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 29.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 5.

[12]      Submission 28, p. 6.

[13]      Submission 29, p. 4.

[14]      Submission 29, p. 9.

[15]      Submission 27, p. 1.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 17.

[17]      Submission 26, pp 46-47.

[18]      Submission 35, p. 12.

[19]      Submission 35, p. 12.

[20]      Submission 31, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 31, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 28, p. 7.

[23]      Submission 28, pp 7-8.

[24]      For example, Professor Simon Evans, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 17.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 18.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 29.

[27]      Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p 23.

[28]      EM, p. 1.

[29]      Submission 28, p. 2.

[30]      Submission 29, pp 4-6.

[31]      Submission 35, p. 10.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 3.

[33]      Submission 17, pp 1-2.

[34]      Submission 36, p. 3.

[35]      Submission 26, p. 13.

[36]      EM, p. 4.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, pp 17-18; Hon Warren Entsch MP, 'Trade Mark Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Bill 2000, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 August 2000, p. 19191.

[38]      Submission 17, p 1.

[39]      Scrutiny of Legislation Committee (Queensland), The use of "Henry VIII Clauses" in Queensland Legislation, January 1997, p.57, available at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/committees/SLC/1997/Report003.pdf, (accessed 8 September 2011).

[40]      Scrutiny of Legislation Committee (Queensland), The use of "Henry VIII Clauses" in Queensland Legislation, January 1997, pp 38-56, available at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/committees/SLC/1997/Report003.pdf, (accessed 8 September 2011).

[41]      Submission 28, p. 6.

[42]      Submission 29, p. 8.

[43]      Submission 29, pp 8-9.

[44]      Submission 36, p. 3.

[45]      EM, Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, p. 11.

[46]      Submission 35, p. 4.

[47]      Submission 1, p.1.

[48]      Submission 1, Appendix 1, p. 28.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 14.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 13.

[51]      For example, Mr Tom Vangelovski, Submission 8, p. 1; Government of Ukraine, Submission 9, p. 2; Federation of Chilean Industry, Submission 13, p. 1; Brazilian Intellectual Property Association, Submission 14, p. 1.

[52]      For example, Federation of the Chamber of Commerce of Quebec, Submission 5, p. 2; International Chamber of Commerce, Submission 10, pp 1-2; Sinohobar, Submission 11, p. 1; Canadian Convenience Store Association, Submission 12, pp 4-5; Abrasel, Submission 18, p. 3; Sindbares/Abrasel-Espirito Santo, Submission 21, p. 1; Abrasel-DF, Submission 22, p. 2; Sinhores – Sao Paulo, Submission 24, p. 4; East Africa Business Council, Submission 25, p. 2; Mr Heath Michael, Australian Retailers Association, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 1.

[53]      For example, Sehal, Submission 7, p. 3; Sinohobar, Submission 11, p. 1; Brazilian Association of Business and Hosting, Gastronomy and Tourism, Submission 16, pp 3-4; Abrasel, Submission 18, p. 3; Abrasel-Parana, Submission 19, p. 1; Abrasel-Rio de Janeiro, Submission 20, p. 2; Sindbares/Abrasel-Espirito Santo, Submission 21, p. 1; Abrasel-DF, Submission 22, p. 1.

[54]      For example, Brazilian Association of Business and Hosting, Gastronomy and Tourism, Submission 16, pp. 3-4; Abrasel, Submission 18, pp. 1-2; Abrasel-Rio de Janeiro, Submission 20, pp 2-3; Sindbares/Abrasel-Espirito Santo, Submission 21, p.3; East Africa Business Council, Submission 25, p. 2; Kenyan Associations of Manufacturers, Submission 39, p. 1.

[55]      For example, Federation of the Chamber of Commerce of Quebec, Submission 5, p. 3; Australian Retailers Association, Submission 6, p. 2; Abrasel-Parana, Submission 19, p. 1.

[56]      For example, Sehal, Submission 7, p. 3; International Chamber of Commerce, Submission 10, p. 1; International Trademark Association, Submission 17, p. 2; Sinhores Aparecida e Vale Historico, Submission 23, p. 3.

[57]      For example, Kenyan Association of Manufacturers, Submission 39, p. 2.

[58]      For example, Mr Tom Vangelovski, Submission 8, pp 1-2; Pacific Cigar Co, Submission 30, p. 3.

[59]      For example, Sehal, Submission 7, p. 1; International Chamber of Commerce, Submission 10, p. 2; Sinhores Aparecida e Vale Historico, Submission 23, p. 1.

[60]      For example, Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, Submission 38, p. 1.

[61]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 2.

[62]      Submission 36, p. 1.

[63]      For example, United States Chamber of Commerce, Submission 15, pp 3-5.

[64]      Submission 1, Appendix 1, p. 6.

[65]      For example, the submission by Associate Professor Andrew Mitchell and Associate Professor Tania Voon to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing inquiry, Submission 30, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/haa/billtobaccopackage/subs/sub30.pdf, (accessed 8 September 2011).

[66]      EM, Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, p. 2; World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Geneva, 21 May 2003) [2005] ATS 7.

[67]      Submission 26, p. 21.

[68]      For example, Mr Allan Myers AO QC, BATA, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 4.

[69]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[70]      Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 17.

[71]      Submission 36, p. 3; Mr Simon Cotterell, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 28.

[72]      Senate Standing Order 23(3).

DISSENTING REPORT BY LIBERAL SENATORS

[1]        Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 6.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 5.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 13 September 2011, p. 6.

[4]        Administrative Review Council, Report No. 35 Rule Making by Commonwealth Agencies, p. 16.

[5]        Submission 36, p. 3.