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Films Act 1981 s 20

s 20 Duties of film content assessor

20.—(1) A film content assessor’s decision assigning a classification rating for an unclassified film is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a decision of the Authority classifying the film.[25/2018] (2) However, if —(a) a film contains contentious material; or (b) a film would, if classified by the Authority, be substantially likely to be classified higher than the maximum permitted classification rating, a film content assessor must not view and assess the content of the film with a view to assigning a classification rating for the film, and must not assign a classification rating for that film. [25/2018]

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