CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 20 Sale or delivery of certain films to minors

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 20

S. 20(1) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(q)(i).

    (1)     A person must not sell or deliver to a minor a film classified RC or X 18+ or an unclassified film which would, if classified, be classified RC or X 18+.

Penalty:    

S. 20(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(q)(i).

        (a)     if the film is classified, or is subsequently classified, X 18+—60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months;

        (b)     if the film is classified, or is subsequently classified, RC—240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

S. 20(2) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(q)(ii).

    (2)     A person must not sell or deliver to a minor a film classified R 18+, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.

Penalty:     30 penalty units.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to prove that—

S. 20(3)(a) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 20.5 (a)(b)).

        (a)     the minor produced to the accused or the employee or agent of the accused acceptable proof of age before the accused sold or delivered the film to the minor and the accused or the employee or agent of the accused believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult; or

S. 20(3)(b) amended by Nos 6/2005 s. 5(q)(ii), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 20.5 (a)(c)).

        (b)     in the case of delivery of a film classified R 18+, the minor was employed by the accused or the employer of the accused and the delivery took place in the course of that employment.

S. 20(4) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(q)(i)(ii).

    (4)     A minor who is 15 or older must not buy a film classified RC, X 18+ or R 18+ knowing that it is so classified.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

S. 20(5) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(q)(iii).

    (5)     A person must not sell or deliver to a minor under 15 a film classified MA 15+, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

S. 20(6) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 20.6).

    (6)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (5) to prove that the accused or the employee or agent of the accused believed on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     the minor was 15 or older; or

        (b)     the parent or guardian of the minor had consented to the sale or delivery.

Division 3—Miscellaneous