(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person supplies liquor or low-alcohol liquor to another person; and
(b) the other person is a child or a young person; and
(c) the supply happens at—
(i) licensed premises; or
(ii) catered premises; or
(iii) permitted premises; and
(d) the person is a person other than—
(i) for supply at licensed premises or catered premises—
(A) a licensee; or
(B) an employee of the licensee; or
(ii) for supply at permitted premises—
(A) a permit-holder; or
(B) an employee of the permit-holder.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to a young person at licensed premises or catered premises if the young person—
(a) was at least 16 years old at the time of the offence; and
(b) had, before the time of the offence, shown 1 or more of the following people an identification document identifying the young person as an adult:
(i) the defendant;
(ii) the licensee;
(iii) an employee of the licensee;
(iv) a crowd controller working as a crowd controller at the premises.
(4) This section does not apply in relation to a young person at permitted premises if the young person—
(a) was at least 16 years old at the time of the offence; and
(b) had, before the time of the offence, shown 1 or more of the following people an identification document identifying the young person as an adult:
(i) the defendant;
(ii) the permit-holder;
(iii) an employee of the permit-holder;
(iv) a crowd controller working as a crowd controller at the premises.
Note 1 The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in ss (3) and (4) (see Criminal Code
, s 58).
Note 2 It is an offence to supply liquor to a child or young person in a public place (see s 204).