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Liquor Act 1992
sec.160Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
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### sec.160 Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
If a contravention of section 158 consists in production of—
a genuine document that is acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act of the person specified in the document; or
a false document that could reasonably be taken to be genuine acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act;
the person to whom the document is produced must seize and confiscate the document and give it to an investigator.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
A person does not commit an offence by contravening subsection (1) if the person is not aware of the falsity of the representation as to age made by producing the document.
Nothing in this section authorises a person to seize and confiscate a digital device if—
the device is used in the contravention of section 158 ; and
in contravening the section a person used the device to display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing—
a digital authority;
a digital evidence of age;
a digital evidence of identity.
s 160 amd 2020 No. 21 s 15
(sec.160-ssec.1) If a contravention of section 158 consists in production of— a genuine document that is acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act of the person specified in the document; or a false document that could reasonably be taken to be genuine acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act; the person to whom the document is produced must seize and confiscate the document and give it to an investigator. Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
(sec.160-ssec.2) A person does not commit an offence by contravening subsection (1) if the person is not aware of the falsity of the representation as to age made by producing the document.
(sec.160-ssec.3) Nothing in this section authorises a person to seize and confiscate a digital device if— the device is used in the contravention of section 158 ; and in contravening the section a person used the device to display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing— a digital authority; a digital evidence of age; a digital evidence of identity.
- (a) a genuine document that is acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act of the person specified in the document; or
- (b) a false document that could reasonably be taken to be genuine acceptable evidence of age for the purposes of this Act;
- (a) the device is used in the contravention of section 158 ; and
- (b) in contravening the section a person used the device to display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing— (i) a digital authority; (ii) a digital evidence of age; (iii) a digital evidence of identity.
- (i) a digital authority;
- (ii) a digital evidence of age;
- (iii) a digital evidence of identity.
- (i) a digital authority;
- (ii) a digital evidence of age;
- (iii) a digital evidence of identity.