Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 42

  (1)   Any of the following persons may apply to the Review Board for a review of a decision to which this Part applies:

  (a)   the Minister;

  (b)   the applicant for classification of the publication, film or computer game concerned, the applicant for assessment under section   33 of the likely classification of the unclassified film or unclassified computer game concerned, or the applicant for approval of the advertisement concerned;

  (c)   the publisher of the film, publication or computer game concerned;

  (d)   a person aggrieved by the decision.

  (2)   If a participating Minister asks the Minister, in writing, to apply for a review of a decision   to which this Part applies , the Minister must do so.

  (3)   Without limiting paragraph   (1)(d), if the decision referred to in that paragraph is a restricted decision, the following persons or bodies are taken to be persons aggrieved by the decision:

  (a)   a person who has engaged in a series of activities relating to, or research into, the contentious aspects of the theme or subject matter of the publication, film or computer game concerned;

  (b)   an organisation or association, whether incorporated or not, whose objects or purposes include, and whose activities relate to, the contentious aspects of that theme or subject matter.

  (4)   However, a person or body is not aggrieved by a restricted decision because of subsection   (3) if the decision was made before:

  (a)   the person engaged in a series of activities relating to, or research into, the contentious aspects of the theme or subject matter of the publication, film or computer game concerned; or

  (b)   the organisation or association was formed, or its objects or purposes included and its activities related to, the contentious aspects of that theme or subject matter.

  (5)   In this section:

"restricted decision" means a decision:

  (a)   to classify a publication Category 1 restricted, Category 2 restricted or RC; or

  (b)   to classify a film MA 15+, R 18+, X 18+ or RC; or

  (c)   to classify a computer game MA 15+, R 18+ or RC.