Queensland Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 9

(1) If a classification of a publication is not in force under this Act, the publications classification officer may, on his or her own initiative or on the complaint of a person, classify a publication as--

(a) unrestricted; or

(b) category 1 restricted; or

(c) category 2 restricted; or

(d) RC.

(2) The publications classification officer is to make a classification under subsection (1) applying the relevant provisions of the Commonwealth Act as if they were provisions of this Act.

(3) The publications classification officer may, without making a classification under subsection (1), classify a publication as an interim prohibited publication.

(4) The publications classification officer must not classify a publication as an interim prohibited publication unless the publications classification officer is of the opinion that the publication is either a restricted publication or an RC publication.

(5) A classification under this section is effective immediately.