South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts21DB—Certain notices to be displayed where knives sold by retail sale
(1) A person must not
sell knives from retail premises unless the following notices are displayed in
accordance with this section:
(a) a
prohibition notice;
(b) any
other notice prescribed by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $1 000.
(2) A
prohibition notice must be displayed, in a manner likely to be seen by
customers in the retail premises—
(a) at
each point of sale in the retail premises; or
(b) at
each area in the retail premises in which knives are displayed for sale.
(3) A notice referred
to in subsection (1)(b) must be displayed in the retail premises in
accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations.
(4) A person must not
sell knives by direct sales transaction (being a transaction in which the
knife is to be delivered to or picked up from an address in this State)
unless—
(a) in
the case of a direct sales transaction taking place over the Internet or using
a website (however described)—the information prescribed by the
regulations is, in accordance with any requirements set out in the
regulations, published on the website through which the transaction occurred;
or
(b) in
any other case—the information prescribed by the regulations is given to
the purchaser in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $1 000.
(5) It is a defence to
prosecution for an offence against subsection (4) to prove that the
defendant did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to have
known, that the knife was to be delivered to or picked up from an address in
this State.
(6) In this
section—
"point of sale" means a cash register, counter or similar fixture where sales
transactions take place;
"prohibition notice" means a notice containing the information prescribed by
the regulations;
"retail premises" includes—
(a) a
market stall; or
(b) a
temporary or pop-up shop (however described); or
(c) any
other premises or place, or premises or places of a class, prescribed by the
regulations.
"Editorial note—"
Section 21DB had not come into operation at the date of the publication of
this version.