Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts30. (1) A person shall not sell or deliver to a minor a publication classified RC or a submittable publication, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(2) A person shall not sell or deliver to a minor a publication classified Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (2) to prove that—
(a) that the minor produced to the defendant acceptable proof of age before the defendant sold or delivered the publication to the minor and the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult;
(b) that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the publication was classified Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted; or
(c) in the case of a submittable publication—that, since the offence was alleged to have been committed, the publication has been classified Unrestricted.