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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Classification of publications - Classification decisions made on or after 1 October 2012

40: Search criteria

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"How to search for something in the register"

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You can search the register by title of a publication, a specific date or period, or a kind of classification. The register can be searched using one or more of these criteria. You may also be able to search the register using other criteria.

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Part 3Classification of publications
Classification decisions made on or after 1 October 2012

40Search criteria

  1. The register must be established and maintained so that it may be searched by reference to all or any 1 or more of the following criteria:

  2. the title of a publication:
    1. a specified date or period of entry of decisions in the register:
      1. a kind of classification.

        1. The register may be established and maintained so that it may be searched by reference to any criteria additional to the criteria in subsection (1).

        Notes
        • Section 40: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 62).