Ok, lets clear this up once and for all.
Video games and Video / DVD's are not the same as ciggies / alcohol / fireworks and other age restricted products.
If you sell cigs and alcohol ( insert your own Oasis joke here ) to a minor by proxy ( ie:- an adult who you know is going to give it to someone under age ) then you can be prosecuted.
However, this isn't the same for Vids / DVD's and Games. If the person making the purchase is over 18, what they do with it and who they give / show it to is purely discretionary.
In other words if they buy GTA and then give it to their 5 year old son, thats entirely up to them and their right as a parent.
There you have it folks, the lay of the law straight from the horses mouth so to speak (Trading Standards ).
It does kind of make a mockery of the rating system and that doesn't mean there's not a whole moral dilema for the seller if they know the person is going to supply a game / DVD to a minor, but thats how the law lies at this point in time - which is totally crazy if you think of the Manhunt uproar a couple of months back.
Nips and DjSatansfury are right. All they can do is advise the person buying them of the games content if they know or suspect they're going to give it to someone under age.
Video games and Video / DVD's are not the same as ciggies / alcohol / fireworks and other age restricted products.
If you sell cigs and alcohol ( insert your own Oasis joke here ) to a minor by proxy ( ie:- an adult who you know is going to give it to someone under age ) then you can be prosecuted.
However, this isn't the same for Vids / DVD's and Games. If the person making the purchase is over 18, what they do with it and who they give / show it to is purely discretionary.
In other words if they buy GTA and then give it to their 5 year old son, thats entirely up to them and their right as a parent.
There you have it folks, the lay of the law straight from the horses mouth so to speak (Trading Standards ).
It does kind of make a mockery of the rating system and that doesn't mean there's not a whole moral dilema for the seller if they know the person is going to supply a game / DVD to a minor, but thats how the law lies at this point in time - which is totally crazy if you think of the Manhunt uproar a couple of months back.
Nips and DjSatansfury are right. All they can do is advise the person buying them of the games content if they know or suspect they're going to give it to someone under age.
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