Summary Offences Act 1953

A person who sells a knife to a minor is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

It is a defence to prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove that—

the seller requested the minor to produce evidence of age of a kind prescribed by regulation; and

the minor made a false statement or produced false evidence in response to that request; and

in consequence, the seller reasonably believed that the minor was of or above the age of 18 years.

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.

A person who markets a knife in a way that—

indicates, or suggests, that the knife is suitable for combat; or

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.

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—

applied to the knife; or

on the knife or on any packaging in which it is contained; or

included in any advertisement which, expressly or by implication, relates to the knife.

For the purposes of this section, a person markets a knife if the person—

sells or hires the knife; or

offers, or exposes, the knife for sale or hire; or

has possession of the knife for the purpose of sale or hire.