Online Safety Act 2021
107Class 2 material
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107 Class 2 material
(1) For the purposes of this Act, class 2 material means: (a) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a film or the contents of a film; (ii) the film has been classified as X 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; or (b) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a film or the contents of a film; (ii) the film has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; (iii) if the film were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act—the film would be likely to be classified as X 18+; or (c) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) the publication has been classified as Category 2 restricted by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; or (d) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) the publication has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; (iii) if the publication were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act—the publication would be likely to be classified as Category 2 restricted; or (e) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is not a film, the contents of a film, a computer game, a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) if the material were to be classified by the Classification Board in a corresponding way to the way in which a film would be classified under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995—the material would be likely to be classified as X 18+; or (f) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a film or the contents of a film; (ii) the film has been classified as R 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; or (g) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a film or the contents of a film; (ii) the film has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; (iii) if the film were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act—the film would be likely to be classified as R 18+; or (h) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) the publication has been classified as Category 1 restricted by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; or (i) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) the publication has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; (iii) if the publication were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act—the publication would be likely to be classified as Category 1 restricted; or (j) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a computer game; (ii) the computer game has been classified as R 18+ by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; or (k) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is a computer game; (ii) the computer game has not been classified by the Classification Board under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995; (iii) if the computer game were to be classified by the Classification Board under that Act—the computer game would be likely to be classified as R 18+; or (l) material where the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the material is not a film, the contents of a film, a computer game, a publication or the contents of a publication; (ii) if the material were to be classified by the Classification Board in a corresponding way to the way in which a film would be classified under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995—the material would be likely to be classified as R 18+.