Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997 (Repealed) (34 of 1997)

Schedule 2   Amendment of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

5   After section 21

Insert:

21A Declassification of classified films or computer games that are found to contain contentious material

(1) This section applies if the Board decides:

(a) that a classified film to which subsection 14(4) applies or a classified computer game (including a film or game classified before the commencement of this section) contains contentious material (whether through use of a code or otherwise) that was not brought to the Board's attention and made available for viewing or demonstration before the classification was made; and

(b) that, if the Board had been aware of the material before the classification was made, it would have given the film or game a different classification.

(2) If a decision referred to in subsection (1) is made, the Board's decision to classify the film or game is taken never to have been made.