Sale or delivery of certain computer games to minors
62 Sale or delivery of certain computer games to minors
A person must not sell or deliver to a minor—
an unclassified computer game that would, if classified, be classified
RC; or
a computer game classified RC.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
A person must not sell or deliver to a minor a computer game classified R 18+ unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1a) to prove that—
the minor produced to the defendant or the defendant's employee or agent acceptable proof of age before the defendant sold or delivered the film to the minor and the defendant or the defendant's employee or agent believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult; or
the minor was employed by the defendant or the defendant's employer and the delivery took place in the course of that employment.
A person must not sell or deliver to a minor who is under 15 a computer game classified MA 15+ unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to prove that the defendant or the defendant's employee or agent believed on reasonable grounds that—
the minor was 15 or older; or
the parent or guardian of the minor had consented to the sale or delivery.
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