Classification of Computer Games and Images Act 1995
sec.79Applications for exemption under s 59
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sec.79 Applications for exemption under s 59
This section applies if— an application for an exemption under section 59 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 59A of that Act. s 79 ins 2013 No. 3 s 24 (sec.79-ssec.1) This section applies if— an application for an exemption under section 59 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.79-ssec.2) The application may be decided as if the film were still a computer game under this Act. (sec.79-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 59A of that Act.
- (a) an application for an exemption under section 59 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.