Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Director or
the Minister may, by notice in writing given to —
(a) the
publisher of a publication that —
(i)
the Director or the Minister has reasonable grounds to
believe is a submittable publication; and
(ii)
is being published in Western Australia, or the Director
or the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in Western
Australia;
(b) the
publisher of a classified film that is being published in Western Australia,
or that the Director or the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe will be
published in Western Australia; or
(c) the
publisher of a computer game that is being published in Western Australia, or
that the Director or the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe will be
published in Western Australia,
require the publisher
to submit to the Board for approval a copy of every advertisement used or
intended to be used in connection with the publishing.
(2) A person to whom a
notice under this section is given must, within 3 business days after
receiving the notice, comply with the notice.
Penalty: $10 000.
(3) It is a defence to
a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to prove that the
accused did not intend —
(a) to
publish the publication, film or computer game in Western Australia; or
(b) to
cause, authorise, permit or license the publication, film or computer game to
be published in Western Australia.
[Section 102D inserted by No. 30 of 2003
s. 22; amended by No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]