Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the director or the films classification officer has reasonable grounds to believe that--
(a) an unclassified film is not an exempt film; and
(b) a person (publisher) is publishing, or will publish, the film in Queensland.
(2) The director or the films classification officer may, by written notice given to the publisher of the film, require the publisher to submit an application for its classification.
(3) The publisher must comply with the notice within 3 business days after receiving it.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(4) For the requirement under subsection (2) to have effect--
(a) if the director makes the requirement--the director must cause notice of the requirement to be published in the Commonwealth gazette; or
(b) if the films classification officer makes the requirement--the officer must cause notice of the requirement to be gazetted.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not intend to publish the film, or cause it to be published, in Queensland.