Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 53A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or demonstrates a computer game (the main game ) in a public place; and

        (b)     the main game is accompanied by an advertisement for another game; and

        (c)     the main game has a classification mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 53A; and

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

Table 53A

column 1 item	column 2 main game	column 3 advertised computer game
1	G	G
2	PG	PG or G
3	M	M, PG or G
4	MA 15+	MA 15+, M, PG or G

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or demonstrates a classified computer game (the main game ) in a public place; and

        (b)     the main game is accompanied by an advertisement for an unclassified computer game; and

        (c)     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.