CADET FORCES REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 23 Intoxicating liquor not to be supplied to cadets in uniform who are under 18 years of age

Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

Intoxicating liquor not to be supplied to cadets in uniform who are under 18 years of age

(1) For the purposes of section 123AA of the Defence Act 1903 and section 44E of the Naval Defence Act 1910 , the prescribed age is 18 years.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a) the person sells or supplies intoxicating liquor to another person; and

(b) that other person is a member of the Australian Air Force Cadets, is under 18 years, and is in uniform.

Penalty: 1 penalty unit.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the liquor is sold or supplied by direction of a duly qualified medical practitioner.

Note A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in subregulation (3) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).

(4) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .