Printing and Newspapers Act 1981 (Qld)

Printing and Newspapers Act 1981

An Act to make provision relating to the printing of certain documents and newspapers and for purposes connected therewith

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Printing and Newspapers Act 1981.

2 Commencement (1) Section 1 and this section shall commence on the day on which this Act is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty. (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on a day appointed by proclamation.

3 [Repealed]

5 Definitions In this Act— Business Names Register means the register established and maintained under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 22. document includes a book, pamphlet, leaflet, circular, advertisement, poster or magazine or other periodical publication, but does not include a newspaper. newspaper includes a paper or pamphlet containing any public news, intelligence, occurrences or any remarks or observations thereon or upon any political matter, printed for sale or distribution, and published periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 31 days between the publication of any 2 such papers or pamphlets or parts or numbers, but does not include any document published in the course of his or her duty by the Government Printer, or any paper containing only matter wholly of a commercial nature. print includes representing or reproducing in any document or newspaper any words, symbols or pictures in any visible form. sell includes auction, barter, exchange or supply or cause, permit, or attempt, any of those things, and also offer or attempt to sell, and supply or receive for sale, or have in possession for sale, or expose for sale, or send, forward, or deliver for sale or have on sale, or cause, suffer or allow to be sold or offered for sale, or dispose or offer for disposal under any hire purchase agreement.