New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 48

48 Calling in advertisements

(1) The Director may, by notice in writing given to:

(a) the publisher of a publication that:

(i) the Director has reasonable grounds to believe is a submittable publication, and

(ii) is being published in New South Wales, or the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in New South Wales, or

(b) the publisher of a film that is being published in New South Wales, or that the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in New South Wales, or

(c) the publisher of a computer game that is being published in New South Wales, or that the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in New South Wales,

require the publisher to submit to the Board for approval a copy of any advertisement used or intended to be used in connection with the publishing.

(2) A person to whom such a notice is given must comply with the notice within 3 business days after it is given.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units for an individual, 200 penalty units for a corporation.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section to prove that the defendant did not intend to publish the publication, film or computer game (or cause it to be published) in New South Wales.