Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A person must not sell or deliver a film classified R 18+ to a minor if the person is not the minor's parent.
Penalty:
Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1) to prove that –
(a) the minor produced to the defendant, or to an employee or agent of the defendant, acceptable proof of age before the defendant sold or delivered the film to the minor and the defendant, or the defendant's employee or agent, believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult; or
(b) in the case of a prosecution for delivery of such a film, the minor was employed by the defendant or the defendant's employer and the delivery took place in the course of that employment.