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Summary Offences Act 2005
sec.19GSale of controlled items to minors
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### sec.19G Sale of controlled items to minors
A person must not sell a controlled item to a minor.
Maximum penalty—
for a first offence—140 penalty units; or
for a second offence—280 penalty units; or
for a third or later offence—420 penalty units.
An employee who sells a controlled item to a minor in the course of their employment can not be prosecuted under this section.
See section 19I .
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) for the person to prove—
the person, or an employee of the person, required the minor to produce acceptable evidence of age; and
the minor produced acceptable evidence of age, or purported acceptable evidence of age, showing the minor was not a minor; and
the person or employee had no reason to believe the evidence was false.
s 19G ins 2024 No. 1 s 6
(sec.19G-ssec.1) A person must not sell a controlled item to a minor. Maximum penalty— for a first offence—140 penalty units; or for a second offence—280 penalty units; or for a third or later offence—420 penalty units.
(sec.19G-ssec.2) An employee who sells a controlled item to a minor in the course of their employment can not be prosecuted under this section. See section 19I .
(sec.19G-ssec.3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) for the person to prove— the person, or an employee of the person, required the minor to produce acceptable evidence of age; and the minor produced acceptable evidence of age, or purported acceptable evidence of age, showing the minor was not a minor; and the person or employee had no reason to believe the evidence was false.
- (a) for a first offence—140 penalty units; or
- (b) for a second offence—280 penalty units; or
- (c) for a third or later offence—420 penalty units.
- (a) the person, or an employee of the person, required the minor to produce acceptable evidence of age; and
- (b) the minor produced acceptable evidence of age, or purported acceptable evidence of age, showing the minor was not a minor; and
- (c) the person or employee had no reason to believe the evidence was false.