Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00114:section:30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00114
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 30
Character Range: 126350–128082

30  Calling in advertisements
 (1) The Director may, by notice in writing given to:
 (a) the publisher of a publication that:
 (i) the Director has reasonable grounds to believe is a submittable publication; and
 (ii) is being published in the Australian Capital Territory, or the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (b) the publisher of a film that is being published in the Australian Capital Territory, or that the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (c) the publisher of a computer game that is being published in the Australian Capital Territory, or that the Director has reasonable grounds to believe will be published in the Australian Capital Territory;
require the publisher to submit to the Board for approval a copy of every advertisement used or intended to be used in connection with the publishing.
 (2) A person to whom a notice under this section is given must, within 3 business days after receiving the notice, comply with the notice.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (3) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if the defendant proves that he or she did not intend to:
 (a) publish the publication, film or computer game in the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (b) cause, authorise, permit or licence the publication, film or computer game to be published in the Australian Capital Territory.

Division 2—Advertising of unclassified films and unclassified computer games

Subdivision A—Scheme relating to advertising