Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 14

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person exhibits a film in a public place; and

        (b)     the film is classified R 18+; and

        (c)     a child is present during any part of the exhibition.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Strict liability applies to subsection (1) (b).

    (3)     Absolute liability applies to the circumstance that the person present is a child.

    (4)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant proves that—

        (a)     the child produced to the defendant acceptable proof of age before the child was admitted to the public place; and

        (b)     the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the child was an adult.