AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 11 of 1984

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe various matters necessary for carrying out or giving effect to the Classification of Publications Ordinance (Amendment) 1984 (‘the Ordinance’).

The Ordinance introduces a compulsory classification scheme for videotapes and videodiscs for hire and sale in the Australian Capital Territory and forms part of a uniform Commonwealth/State classification scheme.

Under the Ordinance, videotapes and videodiscs when classified must bear prescribed markings.

Regulation 1 prescribes markings for videotapes and videodiscs classified as ‘G’, ‘PG’, and ‘M’.

Regulation 2 amends previous regulations to include colleges of technical and further education in the Australian Capital Territory as exempt bodies for the purposes of section 56 of the Ordinance.