Offences committed before commencement of State amending Act to be dealt with under old law
11 Offences committed before commencement of State amending Act to be dealt with under old law
Any proceedings for an offence under this Act or any other Act in relation to conduct that occurred or is alleged to have occurred before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth amending Act are to be dealt with as if the State amending Act had not been enacted, except as otherwise provided by this clause.
For the purpose of any such proceedings, a reference in this Act or any other Act to a classification of a film or computer game is a reference to the classification that had effect under the Commonwealth Act before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth amending Act.
If such proceedings relate to an offence under this Act with respect to a film or computer game that was unclassified at the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth amending Act, the following provisions apply—
for the purpose of section 59, proceedings for the offence may be commenced when the film or computer game has been classified under the Commonwealth Act (as amended by the Commonwealth amending Act),
a film or computer game classified G, PG, M, MA 15+, R 18+, X 18+ or RC, after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth amending Act, is taken to have been classified with the equivalent former classification,
evidence or proof that a film or computer game has been classified G, PG, M, MA 15+, R 18+, X 18+ or RC is taken to be evidence or proof of the equivalent former classification.
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