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CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS ACT 1991 - SECT 26

26 Prohibition against publishing certain advertisements

(1) A person must not publish, or attempt to publish, an advertisement for an unclassified film, unless the advertisement is allowed under the Commonwealth Act.

Maximum penalty--

(a) for an objectionable film--60 penalty units; or
(b) for another film--10 penalty units.
Note--
The Commonwealth Act, section 31 provides for the Minister, by legislative instrument, to determine a scheme for the advertising of unclassified films.

(2) A person must not publish an advertisement for a film if, under the Commonwealth Act--

(a) an application for approval of the advertisement--
(i) has not been made; and
(ii) if it were made, would be refused; or
(b) approval of the advertisement is refused.

Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.

(3) A person may publish an advertisement for a film only in the form in which it is approved under the Commonwealth Act.

Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.

(4) If an advertisement for a film is approved under the Commonwealth Act on conditions, a person may publish the advertisement only in accordance with the conditions.

Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.



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