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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Take-down notices for objectionable online publications

119J: Review of take-down notices

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"Checking a decision to remove online content"

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You can ask for a review of a take-down notice under this Act as part of a review of the classification decision for the online publication. This review happens under Part 4 of the Act. You can find more information about how an online content host can ask for a classification decision in section 13(1)(ba) and about what happens when a take-down notice is given in section 119E(5).

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Part 7ATake-down notices for objectionable online publications

119JReview of take-down notices

  1. A take-down notice may be reviewed under this Act only as part of a review under Part 4 of the classification decision relating to the relevant online publication.

  2. See section 13(1)(ba), which allows an online content host to submit an online publication to the Classification Office for a classification decision.

  3. See also section 119E(5) for the effect of a take-down notice pending a classification decision being made and the completion of a review and any related appeal.

Notes
  • Section 119J: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 43).