CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS ACT 1991 - SECT 44
No liability in certain circumstances
CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS ACT 1991 - SECT 44
No liability in certain circumstances
44 No liability in certain circumstances
(2) A person is not guilty of an offence against section 41or 42(1) in
relation to an objectionable film of a kind mentioned in subsection (3) if—
(a) the person took all reasonable steps to obtain classification of the film,
having regard to the stage of making or production of the film or the time
that has elapsed since making or production of the film; and
(b) the person
believes on reasonable grounds that the film will be classified other than X
18+ or RC.
(3) For subsection (2) , the kinds of objectionable film are—
(a) a film that would be classified RC because it depicts, expresses or
otherwise deals with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty,
violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in a way that it offends against
the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by
reasonable adults to the extent that it should not be classified; and
(b) a
film that would be classified X 18+ because it—
(i) explicitly depicts
sexual activity between adults, where there is no sexual violence, coercion or
nonconsent of any kind, in a way that it is likely to offend a reasonable
adult; and