Protection from criminal proceedings—Commissioner, Classification Board etc
223 Protection from criminal proceedings—Commissioner, Classification Board etc
For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a protected person:
the Commissioner;
a member of an advisory committee established under section 183A;
a member of the staff of the ACMA;
an officer or employee whose services are made available to the ACMA under paragraph 55(1)(a) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005;
a person engaged under subsection 185(1);
a consultant engaged under section 187;
a member or temporary member of the Classification Board;
a member of staff assisting the Classification Board as mentioned in section 88A of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995;
a consultant engaged to assist in the performance of the functions of the Classification Board.
Criminal proceedings do not lie against a protected person for or in relation to:
the collection of material; or
the possession of material; or
the distribution of material; or
the delivery of material; or
the copying of material; or
the doing of any other thing in relation to material;
in connection with the exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, conferred on the Commissioner or the Classification Board by or under this Act.
For the purposes of this section, possession includes have in custody or control.
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