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Summary Offences Act 1981

Spraycans

14B: Access to spraycans in shops to be restricted

You could also call this:

"Shops must keep spraycans out of reach to prevent kids taking them."

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You go to a shop that sells spraycans. The shop must keep these spraycans in a way that you cannot get them without help from the shop owner or staff. The shop owner must make sure you cannot take a spraycan without their help when the shop is open to the public. If the shop owner does not do this, they can get a fine of up to $1,500.

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14BAccess to spraycans in shops to be restricted

  1. This subsection applies to a spraycan if—

  2. it is kept for sale in a part of a shop to which members of the public have access; and
    1. it is not—
      1. under the physical control of the occupier of the shop, or an agent or employee of the occupier; or
        1. under the physical control of a potential buyer who is being directly supervised by the occupier of the shop, or an agent or employee of the occupier; and
        2. the shop is open to the public.

          1. The occupier of a shop must ensure that every spraycan in the shop to which subsection (1) applies is stored in such a way that members of the public cannot obtain possession of it without the help of the occupier, or an agent or employee of the occupier.

          2. The occupier of a shop who fails or refuses to comply with subsection (2) is liable to a fine not exceeding $1,500.

          Notes
          • Section 14B: inserted, on , by section 6(1) of the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 43).