Second Reading Speeches

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Assessments and Advertising) Bill 2008

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs Portfolio
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
to: replace the prohibition on advertising unclassified films and computer games with an industry based self-assessment scheme to allow for advertising subject to conditions to be set out in a legislative instrument; and amend the classification procedures for films that are compilations of episodes of a television series and require an application for classification of such a film to be accompanied by a report from an authorised assessor that complies with conditions set out in a legislative instrument.

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