Summary Offences Act 2005

A person must not sell a controlled vehicle to a child under 16 years.Maximum penalty—

for a first offence—140 penalty units; or

for a second offence—280 penalty units; or

for a third or later offence—420 penalty units.

An employee who sells a controlled vehicle to a child under 16 years in the course of their employment can not be prosecuted under this section.

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

the person, or an employee of the person, required the child to produce acceptable evidence of age; and

the child produced acceptable evidence of age, or purported acceptable evidence of age, showing the child was not a child under 16 years; and

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