Advertisements with computer games
53A Advertisements with computer games
A person commits an offence if—
the person sells or demonstrates a computer game (the main game) in a public place; and
the main game is accompanied by an advertisement for another game; and
the main game has a classification mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 53A; and
the advertised game does not have a classification mentioned in column 3 of the item.
Table 53A column 1 item column 2 main game column 3 advertised computer game
1
G
G
2
PG
PG or G
3
M
M, PG or G
4
MA 15+
MA 15+, M, PG or G
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if—
the person sells or demonstrates a classified computer game (the main game) in a public place; and
the main game is accompanied by an advertisement for an unclassified computer game; 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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