Printers and Newspapers Act 1984

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

duplicating machine does not include an offset duplicating machine.

newspaper means a paper:

(a) that contains public news, reports of occurrences or remarks or observations on public news, occurrences or political matters; and

(b) that is printed for sale or gratuitous distribution and published periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 36 days between each publication,

but does not include a paper that is printed or published by the authority of a department or statutory corporation.

paper includes a book, periodical, pamphlet, handbill, sheet of letterpress and paper of any description, but does not include:

(a) a paper that is printed or published by the Government Printer in the course of his duty;

(c) a paper containing only an impression from an engraving not intended for publication;

(g) a bill of lading, policy of insurance, letter or power of attorney, deed or agreement;

(j) a paper used in proceedings in a court, including a writ, summons, complaint, plaint and warrant; or

(k) a paper declared by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, not to be a paper for the purposes of this Act.

printer, in relation to a newspaper, means the person having the management and control of a printing press by which the newspaper is printed.

printing includes representing or reproducing in a paper words, symbols or pictures in visible form.

printing press means a machine or contrivance with which a newspaper is printed, and includes types, blocks, plates, stencils and lithographic stones, if any, that are used with the machine or contrivance for the purpose of printing, but does not include:

(a) a machine or contrivance that is the property of the Territory; or

proprietor, in relation to a newspaper, means the person having the management or control of the newspaper.

publisher, in relation to a newspaper, means the proprietor or other person who arranges for the distribution of the newspaper from the place where it is printed.