South Australian Numbered Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (R 18+ COMPUTER GAMES) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO 41 OF 2012) - SECT 11

11—Amendment of section 62—Sale or delivery of certain computer games to minors

Section 62—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         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.

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

            (a)         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

            (b)         the minor was employed by the defendant or the defendant's employer and the delivery took place in the course of that employment.