New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 30

30 Sale or delivery of RC or MA 15+ computer games to minors prohibited

(1) A person must not sell or deliver to a minor a computer game classified RC or an unclassified computer game that would, if classified, be classified RC.

Maximum penalty: 150 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years for an individual, 300 penalty units for a corporation.

(2) A person must not sell or deliver to a minor under 15 a computer game classified MA 15+, or an unclassified computer game that would, if classified, be classified MA 15+, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units for an individual, 100 penalty units for a corporation.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) to prove that:

(a) the minor, before being sold or delivered the computer game, produced to the defendant (or the defendant’s employee or agent) documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the minor and as showing that the minor was 15 or older, or

(b) the defendant (or the defendant’s employee or agent) believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was 15 or older.