Classification of Computer Games and Images Act 1995
sec.78Applications for exemption under s 57
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sec.78 Applications for exemption under s 57
This section applies if— an application for an exemption under section 57 was made before the commencement for a film that, immediately before the commencement, was a computer game under this Act; and the application was not decided before the commencement. The application may be decided as if the film were still a computer game under this Act. If an exemption is given, the exemption is taken, for the Classification of Films Act 1991 , to be an exemption given under section 58 of that Act. s 78 ins 2013 No. 3 s 24 (sec.78-ssec.1) This section applies if— an application for an exemption under section 57 was made before the commencement for a film that, immediately before the commencement, was a computer game under this Act; and the application was not decided before the commencement. (sec.78-ssec.2) The application may be decided as if the film were still a computer game under this Act. (sec.78-ssec.3) If an exemption is given, the exemption is taken, for the Classification of Films Act 1991 , to be an exemption given under section 58 of that Act.
- (a) an application for an exemption under section 57 was made before the commencement for a film that, immediately before the commencement, was a computer game under this Act; and
- (b) the application was not decided before the commencement.