{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/38",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Sale of aerosol paint to children",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he sells an aerosol paint container to a person under the age of sixteen.\n(2) In subsection (1) “aerosol paint container” means a device which—\n(a) contains paint stored under pressure, and\n(b) is designed to permit the release of the paint as a spray.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section in respect of a sale to prove that—\n(a) he took all reasonable steps to determine the purchaser’s age, and\n(b) he reasonably believed that the purchaser was not under the age of sixteen.\n(5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section in respect of a sale effected by another person to prove that he (the defendant) took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of an offence under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 in force at 31.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/690, art. 2(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/38/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:54.206021+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}