Bill
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-09-14. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-06-22
- second reading — 2023-06-22
- second reading — 2023-08-01
- other — 2023-08-01
- other — 2023-08-08
- second reading — 2023-08-09
- second reading — 2023-08-09
- committee — 2023-08-09
- third reading — 2023-08-09
- introduced — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2023-09-04
- second reading — 2023-09-04
- third reading — 2023-09-04
- passed — 2023-09-04
- royal assent — 2023-09-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-06-22.
This bill updates the national classification system to handle the rising volume of content, especially online, and to cut costs and boost compliance.
The bill lets content providers use government-trained and accredited classifiers to self-classify films and computer games, and gives the Classification Board stronger powers to check and revoke those decisions.
It also creates new exemptions for low-risk cultural material, such as non-English films in public libraries rated G or PG, and broadens rules for cultural institutions.
- Expands industry self-classification for films and computer games using accredited classifiers.
- Strengthens the Classification Board's ability to quality-assure and revoke self-classification decisions.
- Extends classification exemptions to increase access to low-risk cultural content in libraries and approved institutions.
- Deems certain content already classified under broadcasting laws as classified under the Classification Act.
Content providers, the Classification Board, public libraries, and approved cultural institutions are affected.
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