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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 65

65 .         Category 2 restricted publications

        (1)         A person must not display, sell or supply a publication that is classified Category 2 restricted except in registered premises.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A person, other than a registered person, must not possess or copy a publication that is classified Category 2 restricted with the intention of selling the publication or copy.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (2), evidence that a person had possession of, or made, 10 or more copies of a publication classified Category 2 restricted is evidence that the person intended to sell the publication and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of that fact.

        (4)         A person must not sell or supply a publication that is classified Category 2 restricted to a person unless that person has made a direct request for the publication.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (5)         A person must not sell or supply a publication that is classified Category 2 restricted unless it is contained in a package made of opaque material.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (6)         A person must not sell, supply or publish a publication that is classified Category 2 restricted unless both the publication and the package it is contained in bear the determined markings.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (7)         If —

            (a)         a publication is reclassified under section 39 or 97A of the Commonwealth Act; or

            (b)         the Board revokes a classification for a publication under section 22B(3) of that Act,

                it is sufficient compliance with subsection (6) for a period of 30 days after the decision to reclassify or revoke takes effect if the publication and the package bear the determined markings applicable to the publication before that reclassification or revocation.

        [Section 65 inserted by No. 30 of 2003 s. 9.]



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