CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 8C
Calling in unclassified computer game for classification
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 8C
Calling in unclassified computer game for classification
8C Calling in unclassified computer game for classification
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the director has reasonable grounds to
believe an unclassified computer game is not an exempt computer game; and
(b)
the computer game is being published in Queensland, or the director has
reasonable grounds to believe the computer game will be published in
Queensland; and
(c) if the computer game is being published in
Queensland—the computer game is not subject to a conditional cultural
exemption in relation to the publication.
(2) The director may, by written
notice given to the publisher of the computer game, require the publisher to
submit an application for classification of the computer game.
(3) The notice
has effect only if it is published in the Commonwealth gazette.
(4) The
publisher must comply with the notice within 3 business days after receiving
it.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(5) It is a defence
to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (4) for the defendant to
prove that the defendant did not intend—
(a) to publish the computer game in
Queensland; or
(b) to cause, authorise, permit or license the computer game
to be published in Queensland.