Publications Control Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1989   No. 121

Publications Control Regulations

I, ALLAN CLYDE HOLDING, Minister of State for the Arts and Territories, hereby make the following Regulations under the Publications Control Ordinance 1989.

Dated 9 May 1989.

CLYDE HOLDING

Minister of State for the Arts
and Territories

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Publications Control Regulations.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations, “the Ordinance” means the Publications Control Ordinance 1989.

Restricted publications areas—construction, management and control

3.  (1)  A restricted publications area shall be so constructed that no part of the interior of the area is visible to any person outside the area.

(2)  Each entrance to a restricted publications area—

(a)shall be fitted with a gate or door capable of excluding persons from the area; and

(b)shall be closed by means of that gate or door when the area is not open to the public.

(3)  The proprietor or any adult person who is in charge, or who has the management or control of, a restricted publications area shall be in attendance in or near the area at all times when the area is open to the public.

Restricted publications area—prescribed notice

4.  For the purposes of subsection 28 (2) of the Ordinance, a notice shall contain the words “RESTRICTED PUBLICATIONS AREA—PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY NOT ENTER. THE PUBLIC IS WARNED THAT SOME MATERIAL DISPLAYED HEREIN MAY CAUSE OFFENCE.” written clearly in legible letters, being letters not less than 15 millimetres in height and of a colour that contrasts with the colour of the background of the notice.

Exempt bodies

5.  Each college of technical and further education in the Territory and each of the following is a prescribed body for the purposes of subsection 38 (2) of the Ordinance:

(a)The Australian National University;

(b)The Canberra College of Advanced Education;

(c)The National Library of Australia;

(d)The Australian National Gallery.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 May 1989.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1989