South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts21D—Unlawful selling or marketing of knives
(1) A person who sells
a knife to a minor who is under the age of 16 years is guilty of an
offence.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) It is a defence to
prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove that—
(a) the
seller requested the minor to produce evidence of age of a kind prescribed by
regulation; and
(b) the
minor made a false statement or produced false evidence in response to that
request; and
(c) in
consequence, the seller reasonably assumed that the minor was of or above the
age of 16 years.
(3) A person who makes
a false statement or produces false evidence in response to a request by a
seller made in accordance with subsection (2)(a) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(4) A person who
markets a knife in a way that—
(a)
indicates, or suggests, that the knife is suitable for combat; or
(b) is
otherwise likely to stimulate or encourage violent behaviour involving the use
of the knife as a weapon,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) For the purposes
of this section, an indication or suggestion that a knife is
suitable for combat may (without limitation) be given or made by a name or
description—
(a)
applied to the knife; or
(b) on
the knife or on any packaging in which it is contained; or
(c)
included in any advertisement which, expressly or by implication, relates to
the knife.
(6) For the purposes
of this section, a person "markets" a knife if the person—
(a)
sells or hires the knife; or
(b)
offers, or exposes, the knife for sale or hire; or
(c) has
possession of the knife for the purpose of sale or hire.