Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1996

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

acceptable proof of age, in relation to a person, means documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the person and as showing that the person is an adult;

adult means a person who is 18 years of age or older;

advertisement has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

advertising scheme means the scheme determined from time to time under section 31(1) of the Commonwealth Act;

approved advertisement means an advertisement approved under section 29 of the Commonwealth Act;

approved form means a form approved under section 8A of the Commonwealth Act;

article includes —

authorised person means a person appointed under section 112(1);

Board means the Classification Board established by the Commonwealth Act;

business day means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a public holiday;

buy means buy or exchange or hire and includes offer to buy or exchange or hire, agree to buy, exchange or hire and cause or permit to be bought or exchanged or hired, whether by retail or wholesale;

classified means classified under the Commonwealth Act and includes reclassified under that Act;

Commonwealth Act means the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 of the Commonwealth;

Commonwealth Gazette means the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette;

computer game has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

consumer advice means consumer advice determined under section 20 of the Commonwealth Act;

contentious material, in relation to a computer game, means material that would be likely to cause it to be classified M, MA 15+, R 18+ or RC;

Convenor means the Convenor of the Review Board appointed under section 74 of the Commonwealth Act;

demonstrate includes exhibit, display, screen, play or make available for playing;

Deputy Director means Deputy Director of the Classification Board appointed under section 48 of the Commonwealth Act;

determined markings means markings determined under section 8(1)(a) of the Commonwealth Act;

Director means Director of the Classification Board appointed under section 48 of the Commonwealth Act;

exempt computer game has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

exempt film has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

exhibit, in relation to a film, means project or screen;

film has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

international flight, in relation to an aircraft, means a flight that passes through the air space over the territory of more than one country and includes any part of the flight that may occur within Australia;

international voyage, in relation to a vessel, means a voyage, whether direct or indirect, between a place in Australia and a place outside Australia and includes any part of the voyage that may occur within Australia;

minor means a person who is under 18 years of age;

place includes vacant land, premises, a vehicle, a vessel and an aircraft (except a vessel on an international voyage or an aircraft on an international flight);

publication has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

public place includes —

publish includes sell, exhibit, display, distribute and demonstrate;

registered person means a person registered under section 129;

registered premises means premises registered under section 130;

Registrar means the Registrar appointed under section 128A;

Review Board means the Classification Review Board established by the Commonwealth Act;

sell includes —

sound recording includes a gramophone record, wire, disc, recording tape or other device or thing by or on which words or sounds are recorded and from which they are capable of being reproduced;

submittable publication has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act and includes a publication called in by the Director under section 102A.

[Section 3 amended: No. 30 of 2003 s. 5; No. 10 of 2006 s. 5 and 12; No. 21 of 2010 s. 7, 17 and 28; No. 53 of 2012 s. 4; No. 36 of 2016 s. 4.]