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ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 107

Class 2 material

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, class 2 material means:

  (a)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a film or the contents of a film;

  (ii)   the film has been classified as X 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ; or

  (b)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a film or the contents of a film;

  (ii)   the film has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ;

  (iii)   if the film were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act--the film would be likely to be classified as X 18+; or

  (c)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a publication or the contents of a publication;

  (ii)   the publication has been classified as Category 2 restricted by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ; or

  (d)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a publication or the contents of a publication;

  (ii)   the publication has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ;

  (iii)   if the publication were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act--the publication would be likely to be classified as Category 2 restricted; or

  (e)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is not a film, the contents of a film, a computer game, a publication or t he contents of a publication;

  (ii )   if the material were to be classified by the Classification Board in a corresponding way to the way in which a film would be classified under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 --the material would be likely to be classified as X 18+; or

  (f)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a film or the contents of a film;

  (ii)   the film has been classified as R 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ; or

  (g)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a film or the contents of a film;

  (ii)   the film has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ;

  (iii)   if the film were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act--the film would be likely to b e classified as R 18+ ; or

  (h)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a publication or the contents of a publication;

  (ii)   the publication has been classified as Category 1 restricted by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ; or

  (i)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a publication or the contents of a publication;

  (ii)   the publication has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ;

  (iii)   if the publication were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act--the publication would be likely to be classified as Category 1 restricted; or

  (j)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a computer game;

  (ii)   the computer game has been classified as R 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ; or

  (k)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is a computer game;

  (ii)   the computer game has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ;

  (iii)   if the computer game were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act--the computer game would be likely to be classified as R 18+; or

  (l)   material where the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the material is not a film, the contents of a film, a computer game, a publication or t he contents of a publication;

  (ii )   if the material were to be classif ied by the Classification Board in a corresponding way to the way in which a film would be classified under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 --the material woul d be likely to be classified as R 18+.

Note:   See also section   1 60 (Commissioner may obtain advice from the Classification Board).

  (2)   Section   2 2CF of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (which deals with classification using an approved classification tool) applies for the purposes of this section in a corresponding way to the way in which it applies for the purposes of that Act.


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