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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 53 OF 2012) - SECT 15

15 .         Section 153A inserted

                Before section 153 insert:


153A.         Change of classification of computer games from MA 15+ to R 18+

                If —

            (a)         immediately before the coming into operation of this section, a computer game is classified MA 15+; and

            (b)         within 12 months after the coming into operation of this section, the computer game becomes classified R 18+ under the Commonwealth Act; and

            (c)         within 90 days after the change in classification, a person commits an offence in relation to the computer game under section 85, 85A, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94 or 95 (the relevant section ); and

            (d)         the person would not have committed any offence under the relevant section if the computer game had still been classified MA 15+,

                then the person is taken not to have committed an offence under the relevant section.





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