Classification of Publications, Films and Computer Games Act 1985
88Advertisements and X 18+ films
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88 Advertisements and X 18+ films (1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if: (a) an advertisement for a film classified R 18+ is published in a publication; and (b) another person responds to the advertisement; and (c) the first person sells a film classified X 18+ to the other person. (b) knowledge that, or recklessness as to whether, the film sold is (2) A person must not publish an advertisement for a film classified X 18+ if the advertisement explicitly depicts or describes sexual acts or fetishes. (3) For subsection (2), if a person publishes an advertisement at the request of another person, the other person alone is taken to have published it. (4) Subsection (2) does not apply if: (a) the advertisement is contained in a sealed package made of plain opaque material prominently displaying the words "WARNING: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ADVERTISING", or words to that effect, on the outside of the package; and (b) the package is contained in another sealed package made of plain opaque material.
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