Advertisements with feature films
40 Advertisements with feature films
A person must not, during a program for the exhibition of a classified film (the feature film), publicly exhibit an advertisement for another film or a computer game unless the advertised film or advertised computer game has the same classification as (or has a lower classification than) the feature film.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units for an individual, 100 penalty units for a corporation.
A person must not sell a film that contains a classified film (the feature film) and an advertisement for another film or a computer game unless the advertised film or advertised computer game has the same classification as (or has a lower classification than) the feature film.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units for an individual, 100 penalty units for a corporation.
A person must not publicly exhibit an advertisement for an unclassified film during a program for the exhibition of a classified film unless the exhibition of that advertisement with the classified film complies with the Advertising Scheme.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units for an individual, 200 penalty units for a corporation.
A person must not sell a classified film that is accompanied by an advertisement for an unclassified film or unclassified computer game unless the sale of that classified film with that advertisement complies with the Advertising Scheme.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units for an individual, 200 penalty units for a corporation.
The hierarchy of classification is as follows—
G is a lower classification than PG, M, MA 15+ or R 18+,
PG is a lower classification than M, MA 15+ or R 18+,
M is a lower classification than MA 15+ or R 18+,
MA 15+ is a lower classification than R 18+.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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