PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2008 - SECT 24
Supplying vending machine tokens to minors and activating tobacco or e-cigarette vending machines for minors
PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2008 - SECT 24
Supplying vending machine tokens to minors and activating tobacco or e-cigarette vending machines for minors
(1) A manager or member of staff of premises on which a tobacco or e-cigarette
vending is situated must not supply a vending machine token to a person who is
under the age of 18 years or activate a tobacco or e-cigarette vending for a
person under the age of 18 years.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an
individual, 100 penalty units for a first offence or 500 penalty units for a
second or subsequent offence, or
(b) in the case of a corporation, 500
penalty units for a first offence or 1,000 penalty units for a second or
subsequent offence.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under
this section if the court is satisfied that--
(a) the person to whom the
relevant token was supplied or for whom the tobacco or
e-cigarette vending machine was activated was over the age of 14 years, and
(b) at or before the time the relevant token was supplied or tobacco or
e-cigarette vending machine was activated there was produced to the defendant
documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the
person and as proving that the person was at least 18 years of age.
