Nanakid, see the below for the official policy/laws.
This is VIC:
This is QLD:
I understand this as QLD does not have a secondly supply law therefore it's only illegal if you sell them to a minor, not if somebody buys them and gives them to the child. See the last paragraph in the VIC policy.
That's exactly what I thought. I couldn't find it anywhere in the actual Qld Government legislation either. I remember we USED to have that Secondary Supply paragraph in the QLD policy, but they must have changed it sometime in the past year or so. I did ask my SM, CSM and Longlife Manager (who knows checkout legislation) and Longlife 2ic, they all told me it is illegal, and that heavy fines apply to us, and to
parents of minors if we sell cigarettes. But the Qld legislation clearly exempts parents and legal guardians (responsible adult) from the $14,000 fine, so I get the impression Woolworths once applied the strictest state legislation across the entire country as policy, and everyone has no idea what the real deal is. Now they've updated it without telling anyone, nobody knows what's going on.
I'm still going to go Victorian (old-QLD) policy though, I think it would be very dodgy of us if we were to do that.
in the NSW legislation, it seems that the responsibility is placed on the person buying/supplying the product to the minor, not the retailer. (so same as QLD)
PLEASE don't take my word on the cutting credit/debit cards thing if they don't match their ID, I seriously cant find where I read it, so don't go around cutting up peoples cards haha
Yeah, I was thinking whaaaat? You would definately cop a king hit for doing THAT haha
