Prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisements to include certain statements
115C Prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisements to include certain statements
A person must not distribute, or cause or permit to be distributed, a prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisement unless the advertisement contains a statement that it is a prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisement and that complies with the following:
in the case of a statement that contains audio content—the statement must be spoken so that it is clearly audible and intelligible, in the same language as the other content of the advertisement, at the beginning or end of the advertisement and for a duration of at least
3 seconds;
in the case of an advertisement that contains audiovisual content—the statement must—
be spoken so that it is clearly audible and intelligible, in the same language as the other content of the advertisement, at the beginning or end of the advertisement and for a duration of at least
3 seconds; and
be displayed so that it is clearly legible, in the same language as the other content of the advertisement, for the duration of the advertisement and in accordance with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations;
in any other case—the statement must be displayed so that—
it is clearly legible and is in the same language as the other content of the advertisement; and
if the advertisement is of a limited duration—it appears for the duration of the advertisement; and
it complies with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations.
Maximum penalty:
if the offender is a natural person—$5 000;
if the offender is a body corporate—$10 000.
In this section—
depiction includes an audiovisual, visual or audio depiction of a real person;
distribute has the same meaning as in Part 5A of the Summary
Offences Act 1953;
prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisement means an electoral advertisement containing audiovisual, visual or audio content that—
is generated wholly by artificial intelligence; or
is created or altered by use of technology of a prescribed kind.
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