Queensland Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 8B

(1) This section applies if--

(a) an application is made for a review of a classification decision under the Commonwealth Act by a person who is not the original applicant for classification of the computer game concerned; and

(b) the board or review board does not have a copy of the computer game and a copy is not available to it; and

(c) the original applicant or the publisher of the computer game resides in Queensland or has an office in Queensland.

(2) The convenor or the computer games classification officer may, by written notice given to the original applicant or publisher, require the original applicant or publisher to make a copy of the computer game available for the purpose of the review.

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

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not have a copy of the computer game.