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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 69

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 69

69—Liability of occupier for certain advertisements

        (1)         An occupier of a public place must not screen in the public place an advertisement for a film classified R 18+ or MA 15+.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.

        (2)         It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove that—

            (a)         if the advertised film is classified MA 15+, the advertisement was screened during a program for the exhibition of a film classified R 18+ or MA 15+; or

            (b)         if the advertised film is classified R18+, the advertisement was screened during a program for the exhibition of a film classified R 18+; or

            (c)         the place in which the advertisement was screened was a restricted publications area.