Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts92. Calling in computer games for classification
(1) If:
(a) the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that a computer game is likely to contain contentious material; and
(b) the computer game is being published in the Territory, or the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that it will be published in the Territory,
the National Director may, by notice in writing given to the publisher of the game, require the publisher to submit an application for classification of the game.
(1A) If:
(a) the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that an unclassified computer game is not an exempt computer game; and
(b) the computer game is being published in the Territory, or the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that it will be published in the Territory,
the National Director may, by notice in writing given to the publisher of the computer game, require the publisher to submit an application for classification of the computer game.
(2) The National Director shall cause notice of a decision under subsection (1) or (1A) to be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette .
(3) A person to whom a notice under this section is given shall, within 3 business days after receiving the notice, comply with the notice.
Fault element: Strict liability offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) to prove that the defendant did not intend:
(a) to publish the computer game in the Territory; or
(b) to cause, authorise, permit or license the computer game to be published in the Territory.