Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993.

(2)

Sections 2 and 5, Part 6, section 149, and sections 174 to 177, and Schedule 1, shall come into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

(3)

Except as provided by subsection (2), this Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and 1 or more Orders in Council may be made appointing different dates for different provisions and for different purposes.

(4)

An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section
PublicationPCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the GazetteLA19 s 69(1)(c)
PresentationThe Minister must present it to the House of RepresentativesLA19 s 114, Sch 1 cl 32(1)(a)
DisallowanceIt may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115, 116
This note is not part of the Act.

Section 1(3): the rest of the Act brought into force, on 1 October 1994, by the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act Commencement Order 1994 (SR 1994/188).

Section 1(4): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).