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it relates.

      6.3 Tobacco products

        An advertisement should not attempt to sell, to promote, or to recommend, cigarettes, cigars, tobacco or a tobacco product.

      6.4 Content of advertising

        An advertisement should be appropriate having regard to:
          (a) current Australian community attitudes; and
          (b) the need, in accordance with those standards, to limit the exposure of children to matter that is only appropriate to an adult audience.

               Part 7 Persuasive techniques

      7.1 Hypnosis

        A program should not include matter that:
          (a) depicts or describes the actual process of hypnotising a person; or
          (b) induces a hypnotic state in the international audience or some members of the audience.

7.2 Subliminal perception

        A program should not depict:
          (a) the technique known as subliminal perception; or
          (b) another technique that is designed to convey information to the audience by messages below or near the threshold of normal awareness.

               Part 8 Assessing and scheduling matter for radio and television

      8.1 General guideline

       (1) An international broadcasting licensee should schedule matter only after taking into account the likely cultural sensitivities of the international audience.

       (2) In particular, the licensee should take the following into account:
          (a) the major component of the audience;
          (b) if the matter is broadcast when the audience would reasonably be expected to include a significant number of children, whether the matter would be distressing or harmful to children;
          (c) if the matter is primarily directed at children, whether the matter deals with a topic in a manner that has sufficient regard to the healthy educational, emotional and physical development of children;
          (d) if the audience is located in more than one time zone, the composition of the audience in each zone.

       (3) If the matter is a program promotion, news update or news flash that is to be broadcast during the broadcast of a film to which section 8.2 applies, the licensee should also take into account whether the matter is consistent with the assessment of the film under that section.

      8.2 Assessment of classification of television films

       (1) If an international broadcasting licensee proposes to broadcast a film or a drama program on television, the licensee should deal with the film or program in accordance with the classification given to it under the classification system.

       (2) The film or drama program should not be broadcast if it would be classified R, X or RC.

      8.3 Assessment of suitability of television films

       (1) If a film may be broadcast in accordance with section 8.2, the international broadcasting licensee that proposes to broadcast it should also assess whether the film is suitable for the major component of the international audience.

       (2) The assessment should be completed before the film is broadcast.

       (3) If