CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 70 Conversion of particular classifications of computer games to equivalent new classifications

CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 70

70 Conversion of particular classifications of computer games to equivalent new classifications

(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement of this section, a computer game had a classification (the
"original classification" ) under this Act mentioned in column 1 of the following table—

		Table
		Column 1	Column 2
		G(8+)	PG
		M(15+)	M
		MA(15+)	MA 15+
		R	R 18+
		X	X 18+

(2) From the commencement, the computer game is taken to have the classification under this Act set out opposite the original classification in column 2 of the table (the
"new classification" ).

(3) From the commencement, a reference in an Act or a document to an original classification may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the new classification.

(4) A change from an original classification to the new classification does not affect a proceeding for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement, whether the proceeding is started before or after the commencement, in relation to a computer game described by reference to the original classification.