Queensland Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 19G

19G Sale of controlled items to minors

(1) A person must not sell a controlled item to a minor.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—140 penalty units; or

(b) for a second offence—280 penalty units; or

(c) for a third or later offence—420 penalty units.

(2) An employee who sells a controlled item to a minor in the course of their employment can not be prosecuted under this section.

Note—

See section 19I .

(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) for the person to prove—

(a) the person, or an employee of the person, required the minor to produce acceptable evidence of age; and

(b) the minor produced acceptable evidence of age, or purported acceptable evidence of age, showing the minor was not a minor; and

(c) the person or employee had no reason to believe the evidence was false.