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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 51 Screening advertisements with feature films

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 51

Screening advertisements with feature films

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person screens an advertisement for a film in a public place; and

        (b)     the advertisement is screened during a program for the exhibition of another film (the feature film ); and

        (c)     the feature film has a classification mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 51; and

        (d)     the advertised film does not have a classification mentioned in column 3 of the item.

Table 51

column 1

item

column 2

feature film

column 3

advertised film

1

G

G

2

PG

PG or G

3

M

M, PG or G

4

MA 15+

MA 15+, M, PG or G

5

R 18+

R 18+, MA 15+, M, PG or G

6

X 18+

X 18+, R 18+, MA 15+, M, PG or G

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person screens an advertisement for an unclassified film in a public place; and

        (b)     the advertisement does not comply with the advertising scheme.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.



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