Screening advertisements with feature films
51 Screening advertisements with feature films
A person commits an offence if—
the person screens an advertisement for a film in a public place; and
the advertisement is screened during a program for the exhibition of another film (the feature film); and
the feature film has a classification mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 51; and
the advertised film does not have a classification mentioned in column 3 of the item.
Table 51 column 1 item column 2 feature film column 3 advertised film
1
G
G
2
PG
PG or G
3
M
M, PG or G
4
MA 15+
MA 15+, M, PG or G
5
R 18+
R 18+, MA 15+, M, PG or G
6
X 18+
X 18+, R 18+, MA 15+, M, PG or G
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if—
the person screens an advertisement for an unclassified film in a public place; and
the advertisement does not comply with the advertising scheme.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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