Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 70

70 .         R 18+ and MA 15+ films: exhibition

        (1)         A person must not exhibit so that it can be seen from a public place that is outside the place where it is exhibited — 

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified R 18+ or MA 15+; or

            (b)         a film classified R 18+ or MA 15+.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Government Gazette and served on the exhibitor of the film, exempt an exhibitor of films from subsection (1) on such conditions as are specified in the notice.

        (3)         A person must not exhibit in a place that is not a public place, in the presence of a minor — 

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified R 18+; or

            (b)         a film classified R 18+,

                unless the person is a parent or guardian of the minor.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (4)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (3) for the person charged to prove that the person believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult.

        [Section 70 amended by No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 10 of 2006 s. 15.]