CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 102

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 102

102 .         Restricted material, offences as to

        (1)         A person must not use a computer service to transmit restricted material to a minor.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A person must not use a computer service to make restricted material available to a minor.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) or (2) to prove that —

            (a)         the accused complied with a code of practice; or

            (b)         the accused took all reasonable steps in the circumstances to avoid a contravention of the subsection; or

            (c)         the accused believed on reasonable grounds that —

                  (i)         the person to whom the accused transmitted the restricted material was not a minor; or

                  (ii)         the restricted material would not be made available to a minor.

        [Section 102 amended: No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2003 s. 22.]