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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 21

Declassification of classified films or computer games that are modified

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 2), if a classified film or a classified computer game is modified, the film or game, as modified, becomes unclassified when the modification is made.

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply to a modification that consists of:

  (a)   including or removing an advertisement, other than an advertisement to which section   22 applies; or

  (b)   for an imported film or computer game that was in a form that cannot be modified and has subsequently been converted to a form that can be modified--removing, from the film or game, material that was advertising referred to in paragraph   ( f) of the definition of advertisement in section   5 ; or

  (ba)   a format change from 2D to 3D (or vice versa), if the format change would not be likely to cause the film or computer game, as modified, to be given a different classification to the classified film or classified computer game; or

  (c)   for a classified film--the addition or removal of navigation functions; or

  (d)   for a classified film--the addition or removal of material which:

  (i)   provides a description or translation of the audio or visual content of the film; and

  (ii)   would not be likely to cause the film to be given a higher classification.

Example:   A film which has been classified has captions added for the hearing impaired. This addition would not cause the film to become unclassified under subsection   21(1).

  (3)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply to a modification of a kind prescribed in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection.


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