Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES ACT - SECT 93

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

(a) the publisher of a publication that:

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

(ii) is being published in the Territory, or the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in the Territory;

(b) the publisher of a film that is being published in the Territory, or that the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in the Territory; or

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

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

(2) 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.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to prove that the defendant did not intend:

(a) to publish the publication, film or computer game in the Territory; or

(b) to cause, authorise, permit or license the publication, film or computer game to be published in the Territory.