Film and Video Tape Classification (Amendment) Act 1993 - Proclamation re commencement (1993-305) [GG No 78 of 9.7.1993] (NSW)

1993—No. 305

FILM AND VIDEO TAPE CLASSIFICATION (AMENDMENT)

ACT 1993—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 78 of 9 July 1993]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, A.C., Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Film and Video Tape (Amendment) Act 1993, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 9 July 1993 as the day on which that Act (other than Schedule 1 (15) and section 3 in its application to that item) commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 7th day of July, 1993.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. P. HANNAFORD, M.L.C.,

Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to appoint the commencement date of all the provisions of the Film and Video Tape Classification (Amendment) Act 1993 (other than Schedule 1 (15) and section 3 in its application to that item as those provisions commenced on the date of assent to the Act).

The amendments create a new “MA” classification for films (including video tapes) that are unsuitable for viewing by a child under the age of 15 years.