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TOBACCO PRODUCTS REGULATION ACT 1997 - SECT 39

39—Power to require evidence of age

        (1)         If an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a person seeking to obtain a tobacco product may be a child, he or she may require the person to produce evidence, to his or her satisfaction, of the person's age.

        (2)         A person who—

            (a)         fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under this section; or

            (b)         makes a false statement, or produces false evidence, in response to such a requirement,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $200.

Expiation fee: $75.

        (3)         In this section—

"authorised person" means—

            (a)         a person who holds a licence under Part 2 or an employee of such a person; or

            (b)         an authorised officer.



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