Pending proceedings for offences
6 Pending proceedings for offences
Any proceedings for an offence under the Film and Computer Game Classification Act 1984 or the Indecent Articles and Classified Publications Act 1975 that were pending as at the commencement of this clause are to be dealt with as if this Act had not been enacted.
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Section 97 of the Commonwealth Act provides that a pending application under a State Act (eg for the classification of a film, publication or computer game) may be dealt with as if it had been made under the Commonwealth Act. Also, section 96 of the Commonwealth Act provides that a decision of the former Censorship Board or by a censor has effect as if it had been made by the Classification Board under the Commonwealth Act.
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