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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Labelling of films - Issue of labels

11A: Classification Office must provide film database

You could also call this:

"The Classification Office must keep a list of labelled films online for you to access."

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The Classification Office has to keep a database of films that have been labelled. You can find this database on their internet site for free at any reasonable time. The database includes important information about each film.

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Part 2Labelling of films
Issue of labels

11AClassification Office must provide film database

  1. The Classification Office must provide and maintain a database of films that have been labelled under this Act and that includes the prescribed information in respect of each film.

  2. The Classification Office must make the database available for public inspection at all reasonable times, free of charge, by publishing it on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the Classification Office.

Notes
  • Section 11A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).