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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 2001 NO. 13, 2001 - SCHEDULE 2
- Consequential amendments
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
1 Clause 1 of Schedule 2
Insert:
Classification Board means the Classification Board established by the
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 .
2 Paragraph 7(1)(g) of Part 3 of Schedule 2
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
- (g)
- the licensee will not broadcast a program that has been classified RC or X
by the Classification Board;
3 Paragraph 9(1)(g) of Part 5 of Schedule 2
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
- (g)
- the licensee will not broadcast a program that has been classified RC or X
by the Classification Board;
4 Paragraph 10(1)(f) of Part 6 of Schedule 2
Repeal the paragraph,
substitute:
- (f)
- the licensee will not broadcast a program that has been
classified RC or X by the Classification Board;
5 Paragraph 10(1)(g) of Part 6 of Schedule 2
Omit "Office of Film and
Literature Classification", substitute "Classification Board".
6 Paragraph
11(3)(a) of Part 7 of Schedule 2
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
- (a)
- the
licensee will not broadcast a program that has been classified RC or X by the
Classification Board;
7 Subclause 11(4) of Part 7 of Schedule 2
Repeal the subclause, substitute:
- (4)
- The provision by a person of a subscription television narrowcasting
service under a class licence is also subject to the condition that the
licensee will not broadcast a program that has been classified RC or X by the
Classification Board.
12 At the end of clause 16 of Schedule 5
Add:
- (2)
- Without limiting
paragraph (1)(e), if the classification referred to in that paragraph is a
restricted classification, the following persons or bodies are taken to be
persons aggrieved by the classification:
- (a)
- a person who has engaged in a series of activities relating to, or
research into, the contentious aspects of the theme or subject matter of the
Internet content concerned;
- (b)
- an organisation or association, whether incorporated or not, whose objects
or purposes include, and whose activities relate to, the contentious aspects
of that theme or subject matter.
- (3)
- However, a person or body is not aggrieved by a restricted classification
because of subclause (2) if the classification was made before:
- (a)
- the person engaged in a series of activities relating to, or research
into, the contentious aspects of the theme or subject matter of the Internet
content concerned; or
- (b)
- the organisation or association was formed, or its objects or purposes
included and its activities related to, the contentious aspects of that theme
or subject matter.
- (4)
- In this clause:
restricted classification means:
- (a)
- for Internet content that does not consist of a computer gamethe
classification MA, R, X or RC; or
- (b)
- for Internet content that consists of a computer gamethe
classification MA (15+) or RC.
13 Subclause 21(2) of Schedule 5
After "22,", insert "23A, 24,".
14
Subclause 21(2) of Schedule 5
Omit "and 28", substitute ", 28 and 44A, and
Division 6 of Part 2,".
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