The following information can assist all wholesale tobacco licence holders and their staff to understand licence conditions introduced on 13 December 2024.

All licence holders must comply with the Tobacco & E-Cigarette Product Act 1997(external site) (TEP Act) licence conditions.

  1. The licensee must ensure that all employees and contractors who are involved in the sale and supply of tobacco products have skills and knowledge that are commensurate with their work activities to ensure compliance with the Tobacco & E-Cigarette Product Act 1997 and these conditions of licence.
  2. The licensee must only possess an e-cigarette product if that possession is authorised under any other Act or law
  3. The licensee must not possess a tobacco product unless it is enclosed in a package that complies with the prescribed packaging requirements.
  4. The licensee must comply with all Laws applicable to the occupation and operation of the licensed premises. For the purposes of this condition the word “Laws” means the laws in force in South Australia including the common law and all present and future legislation (both State and Federal) and all amendments to them and re-enactments of them and all regulations and by-laws, orders and proclamations made pursuant to them.
  5. The licensee must prior to any takeover or merger, or change of either 51% of the legal or beneficial shareholding or membership of the licensee or the effective control of the ownership or management of the licensee, obtain the written approval of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing or delegate. Approval can be sought by writing to Occupational Licensing, Consumer and Business Services (CBS), at occupational@sa.gov.au.
  6. The licensee must advise in writing, and within 28 days, if the business is no longer selling tobacco products by wholesale. Notification can be made in writing to Occupational Licensing, Consumer and Business Services (CBS), at occupational@sa.gov.au.

Conditions of licence fixed by a delegate of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, pursuant to section 9(1) of the Tobacco and E-Cigarettes Products Act 1997 (SA).