Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 71

71 .         Attendance of minor at RC, X 18+ or R 18+ films

        (1)         Any adult who knows that — 

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

            (b)         a film classified RC, X 18+ or R 18+,

                is to be exhibited in a public place, must not permit a minor to attend the exhibition of the film.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A minor who is 15 years of age or older must not attend the exhibition in a public place of a film classified RC, X 18+ or R 18+, knowing that the film is so classified.

        Penalty: $200.

        (3)         A person must not exhibit in a public place a film classified R 18+ if a minor is present during any part of the exhibition.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (3) for the person charged to prove that — 

            (a)         the minor produced to the person charged or that person’s employee or agent acceptable proof of age before the minor was admitted to the public place; or

            (b)         the person charged or that person’s employee or agent believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult.

        [Section 71 amended by No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 10 of 2006 s. 16.]