Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 85

85 .         Demonstration of MA 15+ computer games

        (1)         A person must not demonstrate a computer game classified MA 15+ in a public place.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A person must not demonstrate so that it can be seen from a public place — 

            (a)         an unclassified computer game that would, if classified, be classified MA 15+; or

            (b)         a computer game classified MA 15+.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         A person must not demonstrate in a place that is not a public place, in the presence of a minor under 15 years of age — 

            (a)         an unclassified computer game that would, if classified, be classified MA 15+; or

            (b)         a computer game classified MA 15+,

                unless that 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 15 years of age or older.

        [Section 85 amended by No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 10 of 2006 s. 24.]