Laws - Leaving school, workplace, sexting, vaping, alcohol

Question 1

What legal age can you leave school?

Answer 1

17 years old

Question 2

If you are below 17 what can you do to leave school?

Answer 2

• You have finished year 10
• You will spend at least 25 hours per week in a combo of education, training and employment

Question 3

Minimun age for work

Answer 3

Most jobs is 15 years old

Question 4

What are restrictions for working under 15

Answer 4

• Can’t work for or more than three hours a day and12 hours a week during a school term.
• On a school day during school hours
• More than six hours a day and 30 hours a week during school holidays
• Any hours outside 6 am and 9 pm.

Question 5

Who do Authorised Officer’s work for?

Answer 5

Work for the train/tram/bus
companies

Question 6

Who do Protective Service Officer’s work for?

Answer 6

Victoria Police

Question 7

Role of an authorised officer

Answer 7

Check tickets – and they also provide passenger information, improve safety and help during special events and disruptions.

Question 8

Main powers of an authorised officer

Answer 8

• checking your ticket and concession entitlement, even after you’ve left the vehicle or station
• asking for your name, address and proof of identity
• arresting you until the police arrive, if you don’t comply.

Question 9

Powers of a PSO

Answer 9

• Can arrest those who have breached parole
• Can search those suspected of carrying drugs or weapons

Question 10

When is graffiti an offence?

Answer 10

• Marking graffiti on any property unless you have the permission of the property owner
• Carrying graffiti equyipment such as spray cans near public transport facilities without a good reason

Question 11

When can you be charged for underage drinking in public?

Answer 11

If you leave the private home, and you take your drink with you, you’ll be committing the offence of
underage drinking in public.

Question 12

When can minors legally drink?

Answer 12

• Parental consent
• Responsible supervision from whichever adult is in
  charge of the minor

Question 13

Penalty for supplying alcohol to minors

Answer 13

A person who supplies alcohol to a minor without a parent’s consent could be subject to the same penalty faced by licensees who supply alcohol to minors in licensed venues - a fine of up to $10,000.

Question 14

When can responsible supervision be demonstrated

Answer 14

• whether the person supplying the liquor is intoxicated;
• whether the minor consumes food with the liquor;
• whether the person supplying the liquor is providing supervision of the minor’s consumption of the
  liquor;

Question 15

What is the minimum penalty for one punch manslaughter?

Answer 15

10 years inprisionment

Question 16

What is one punch manslaughter?

Answer 16

Intoxicated people who get into fights and unintentionally kill somebody at the expense of their punch

Question 17

What are the two categories for sexting offences?

Answer 17

• Sexting
• Child pornography

Question 18

Explain the definition of sexting in law

Answer 18

‘Sexting’ is sending nude, sexual or indecent photos using a computer, mobile phone or other
mobile device.

Question 19

Explain the definition of child pornography in law

Answer 19

For things that are still really yuk, you
might still be charged with pornography related offences. These
are more serious offences - Maximum penalty of 5 years
(possession) or 10 years (producing or sharing)

Question 20

If you are sexting an imagine of you what is the penalty?

Answer 20

No crime at all

Question 21

If the person is not you and they are under 18 what is the law?

Answer 21

• Consent is irrelevant if the image is of a minor and the image is sent, not just stored
• So even with their permission, you cannot send a photo of someone else under 18

Question 22

If the person is over 18 what is the law?

Answer 22

It is a sexting offence to send a sext message of an adult to others only if they do not agree to the image being distributed.

Question 23

What is threatening to sext and what is the penalty?

Answer 23

• You may be charged with an offence if you threaten to send
  an intimate image of a person to others if the person believes
  that you will carry out the threat.
• The maximum penalty for this offence is one year in jail.

Question 24

When can you be charged with child pornography?

Answer 24

• possessing child pornography is 5 years in jail
• producing/sharing child pornography is 10 years in jail.