Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts60. Sale of certain publications to a child
(1) A person must not sell or deliver a publication classified Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted to a child.
Fault elements:
(a) intentionally selling or delivering the publication; and
(b) knowledge that, or recklessness as to whether, the publication is classified Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) Absolute liability applies to the circumstance that the person to whom the publication is sold or delivered is a child.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves that:
(a) the child produced to the defendant acceptable proof of age before the defendant sold or delivered the publication to the child; and
(b) the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the child was an adult.