Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 21

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), if a classified film or a classified computer game is modified, it becomes unclassified when the modification is made.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a modification that consists of:

                     (a)  including or removing an advertisement, other than an advertisement to which section 22 applies; or

                     (b)  for an imported film or computer game that was in a form that cannot be modified and has subsequently been converted to a form that can be modified--removing, from the film or game, material that was advertising referred to in paragraph (f) of the definition of advertisement in section 5; or

                     (c)  for a classified film--the addition or removal of navigation functions; or

                     (d)  for a classified film--the addition or removal of material which:

                              (i)  provides a description or translation of the audio or visual content of the film; and

                             (ii)  would not be likely to cause the film to be given a higher classification.

Example:    A film which has been classified has captions added for the hearing impaired. This addition would not cause the film to become unclassified under subsection 21(1).