New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 13

13 MA 15+ films not to be publicly exhibited in presence of minors under 15

(1) A person must not publicly exhibit a film classified MA 15+ if:

(a) a minor under 15 is present during any part of the exhibition, and

(b) the minor is not accompanied by his or her parent or guardian.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units for an individual, 20 penalty units for a corporation.

(2) For the purposes of this section:

(a) a minor does not cease to be accompanied by his or her parent or guardian merely because the parent or guardian is temporarily absent during any part of the exhibition, and

(b) an offence is committed in respect of each unaccompanied minor present at the exhibition of the film.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section to prove that:

(a) the minor, before being admitted to the public place, produced to the defendant (or the defendant’s employee or agent) documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the minor and as showing that the minor was 15 or older, or

(b) the defendant (or the defendant’s employee or agent) believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was 15 or older, or

(c) the defendant (or the defendant’s employee or agent) believed on reasonable grounds that the person accompanying the minor was the minor’s parent or guardian.