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CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS ACT 1991 - SECT 25

25 Power to require particulars of name, address and age

(1) This section applies only to the exhibition of an MA 15+ or R 18+ film.

(2) If an inspector, exhibitor or an exhibitor's employee or agent (the inquirer) has reasonable grounds for suspecting any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to a person, the inquirer may require the person to give the particulars mentioned in subsection (4).

(3) The suspected circumstances are--

(a) that a person seeking admission, or who has been admitted, to the theatre where the film is about to be, or is being, exhibited has in the person's care and control, or is accompanying, a minor who has reached--
(i) if the film is an MA 15+ film--2 years but not 15 years; or
(ii) if the film is an R 18+ film--2 years; or
(b) that a person who has been admitted to the theatre where the film has just been exhibited had in the person's care and control, or accompanied, at any time during the exhibition a minor who had reached--
(i) if the film is an MA 15+ film--2 years but not 15 years; or
(ii) if the film is an R 18+ film--2 years; or
(c) that a person seeking admission, or who has been admitted, to the theatre where the film is about to be, or is being exhibited, or who has been admitted to the theatre where the film has just been exhibited, is a minor who has reached--
(i) if the film is an MA 15+ film--2 years but not 15 years; or
(ii) if the film is an R 18+ film--2 years.

(4) The required particulars are--

(a) in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b)--
(i) the person's correct name and address; and
(ii) to the person's best knowledge--the minor's correct name, address and age; or
(b) in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (3)(c)--the person's correct name, address and age.


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