South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts19—Sale or supply of volatile solvents
(1) A person must not
sell or supply a volatile solvent to another person if he or she suspects, or
there are reasonable grounds for suspecting, that the other person—
(a)
intends to inhale the solvent; or
(b)
intends to sell or supply the solvent to a further person for inhalation by
that further person.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If a person,
acting at the request of another person, purchases a volatile solvent on
behalf of the other person for the purpose of inhalation, the person is guilty
of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) A person must not
sell or supply a volatile solvent to which this subsection applies to a person
under the age prescribed for the volatile solvent.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(4)
Subsection (3) applies to such volatile solvents as may be prescribed,
individually or by class, by the regulations.
(5) An
authorised officer may confiscate a volatile solvent (together with its
container) found in the possession of a person if the authorised officer has
reason to suspect that the person has the solvent for the purpose of
inhalation.
(6) Anything
confiscated under subsection (5) is forfeited to the Crown and may be
sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister or the Commissioner
of Police directs.