Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person must not
sell or supply to a minor a publication classified Category 2 restricted.
Penalty: $15 000 or imprisonment for
18 months.
(2) A person must not
sell or supply to a minor a publication classified Category 1 restricted,
unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.
Penalty: $5 000.
(3) It is a defence to
a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (2) to prove that
the minor produced to the accused acceptable proof of age before the accused
sold or supplied the publication to the minor and the accused believed on
reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult.
(4) It is a defence to
a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (2) for the supply
of a publication to a minor, to prove that the minor was employed by the
person who supplied the publication and the supply took place in the course of
that employment.
(5) A minor who is
15 years of age or older must not buy a publication classified Category 1
restricted or Category 2 restricted, knowing that it is so classified.
Penalty: $200.
[Section 65D inserted by No. 30 of 2003
s. 9; amended by No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]