Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A retail seller is not guilty of an offence against section 12, 13 or 15 in relation to a prohibited publication that was supplied by an approved wholesaler, or by a person whom the retail seller believed on reasonable grounds was an approved wholesaler, if--
(a) at the time of the alleged offence, the publication is not classified; or
(b) at the time of the alleged offence--
(i) the publication is classified; and
(ii) the retail seller does not know that the publication is a prohibited publication.
(2) An approved wholesaler is not guilty of an offence against section 12 or 13 in relation to a prohibited publication if--
(a) at the time of the alleged offence, the publication is not classified; or
(b) at the time of the alleged offence--
(i) the publication is classified; and
(ii) the distributor does not know that the publication is a prohibited publication.
(3) A person who advertises a publication is not guilty of an offence against section 12 if the person does not know, and has no reason to suspect, that the publication is a prohibited publication.