Hansard - ACT Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1995 Week 10 Hansard (5 December) . . Page.. 2681 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

Page 19, lines 6 to 16, clause 41, subclause (3), omit the subclause, substitute the following subclause:

"(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to prove that -

(a) the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that -

(i) the person was 15 years of age or older; or

(ii) the parent or guardian of the minor had consented to the sale or delivery; or

(b) the defendant did not know, or could not reasonably have known, that -

(i) the computer game was classified MA(15+); or

(ii) in the case of an unclassified film which is subsequently classified MA(15+) - it would be subsequently be so classified.".

Page 30, lines 19 to 21, clause 69, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:

"Repeal

69. The following Acts are repealed:

Film Classification Act 1971;

Film Classification Act 1972;

Film Classification Act 1974;

Film Classification (Amendment) Act 1985;

Film Classification (Amendment) Act 1989;

Film Classification (Amendment) Act 1991;

Film Classification (Amendment) Act 1993;

Publications Control Act 1989;