2022
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Loot Boxes) Bill 2022
No. , 2022
(Mr Wilkie)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Loot Boxes) Act 2022.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
1 After section 9A
Insert:
9B Classification and consumer advice for computer games that contain loot boxes
(1) A computer game that contains a loot box must be classified R 18+ or RC.
(2) A warning that a computer game contains loot boxes is taken to be consumer advice determined by the Board under section 20 for any computer game that contains a loot box.
(3) In this section:
loot box means a feature of a computer game where digital containers of randomised virtual items can be obtained for consideration.
2 Application of amendment
The amendment made by this Schedule applies in relation to computer games classified after the commencement of this Schedule.