Certain films, publications and computer games not to be advertised
50 Certain films, publications and computer games not to be advertised
A person commits an offence if the person publishes an advertisement for an unclassified film otherwise than in accordance with the advertising scheme or a transitional Commonwealth regulation.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if the person publishes an advertisement for—
a film classified RC; or
a submittable publication; or
a publication classified RC; or
a computer game classified RC.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if the person publishes an advertisement for an unclassified computer game otherwise than in accordance with the advertising scheme.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
For this section, if a person publishes an advertisement for an unclassified film or an unclassified computer game at the request of someone else, the other person alone is taken to have published it.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
In this section:
transitional Commonwealth regulation means a regulation under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Assessments and Advertising) Act 2008 (Cwlth), schedule 1, item 13.
Item 13 allows for transitional regulations in relation to the advertising of unclassified films that had been granted a certificate of exemption by the board under the Commonwealth Act, s 33 as in force before the commencement of item 13.
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