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Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995
53CMisleading or deceptive advertisements
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53C Misleading or deceptive advertisements
(a) the person publishes an advertisement for an unclassified film,
an unclassified publication, or an unclassified computer game,
with a marking; and
(b) the marking indicates or suggests that the film, publication or
computer game is classified.
(2) For subsection (1), if a person publishes an advertisement at the
request of someone else, the other person alone is taken to have
published it.
(a) the person publishes an advertisement for a classified film, a
classified publication, or a classified computer game, with a
marking; and
(b) the marking indicates or suggests that the film, publication or
computer game is unclassified or has a different classification.
Section 53D
(5) Subsection (6) applies if—
(a) a film, publication or computer game is reclassified under the
Commonwealth Act, section 22CH (4) (Revocation of
classification by approved classification tool), section 39
(Reclassification etc after 2 years) or section 97A
(Reclassification); or
(b) the board revokes a classification or consumer advice for a film,
publication or computer game under the Commonwealth Act,
section 22B (3) (Classification of a publication, film or
computer game that may be the same as or similar to a classified
item) or section 22CH (1) (Revocation of classification by
approved classification tool).
(6) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (3) in
relation to the film, publication or computer game during the 30-day
period after the decision to reclassify or revoke takes effect, if the
film, publication or computer game displays the determined markings
and consumer advice (if any) applying to the film, publication or