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Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995
53EAdvertisements and X 18+ films
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53E Advertisements and X 18+ films
(a) an advertisement for a film classified R 18+ is published in a
publication; and
(b) someone responds to the advertisement; and
(c) the person sells a film classified X 18+ to the other person.
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(a) the person publishes an advertisement for a film classified
X 18+; and
(b) the advertisement explicitly depicts or describes sexual acts or
fetishes.
(3) For subsection (2), if a person publishes an advertisement at the
request of someone else, the other person alone is taken to have
published it.
(4) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
(5) Subsection (2) does not apply if—
(a) the advertisement is in a publication that is classified category 2
(b) the publication is contained in a sealed package made of plain
opaque material displaying the words ‘WARNING:
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ADVERTISING’, or words to that
effect, on the outside of the package; and
(c) the package is contained in another sealed package made of
plain opaque material.