📜 Censorship Amendment Bill 2002
Legislative Council Second ReadingLA20 February 2002
The Censorship Amendment Bill 2002 amends the Censorship Act 1996 (WA) to align with the Commonwealth's classification scheme for publications, films, and computer games. It repeals state-based classification processes and adopts national standards.
Impact
Businesses selling publications, films, and computer games in WA will be affected as they will need to comply with the national classification scheme. The public will be affected by changes to what material is restricted or prohibited.
Key Changes
["Repeals Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Censorship Act 1996 (WA)", "Adopts the Commonwealth's classification scheme for publications, films, and computer games.", "Introduces new offence provisions related to submittable, Category 1 restricted, Category 2 restricted, and RC publications."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LA IntroducedLA20 Feb 2002
- LA Second Reading MovedLA20 Feb 2002
- LA Consideration in DetailLA20 June 2002
- LA Third ReadingLA20 June 2002
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA20 June 2002
- LC Second Reading MovedLC25 June 2002
Affected Sectors
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