Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00852:section:223
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00852
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 223
Character Range: 258665–260112

223  Protection from criminal proceedings—Commissioner, Classification Board etc.
 (1) For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a protected person:
 (a) the Commissioner;
 (aa) a member of an advisory committee established under section 183A;
 (b) a member of the staff of the ACMA;
 (c) an officer or employee whose services are made available to the ACMA under paragraph 55(1)(a) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005;
 (d) a person engaged under subsection 185(1);
 (e) a consultant engaged under section 187;
 (f) a member or temporary member of the Classification Board;
 (g) a member of staff assisting the Classification Board as mentioned in section 88A of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995;
 (h) a consultant engaged to assist in the performance of the functions of the Classification Board.
 (2) Criminal proceedings do not lie against a protected person for or in relation to:
 (a) the collection of material; or
 (b) the possession of material; or
 (c) the distribution of material; or
 (d) the delivery of material; or
 (e) the copying of material; or
 (f) the doing of any other thing in relation to material;
in connection with the exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, conferred on the Commissioner or the Classification Board by or under this Act.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, possession includes have in custody or control.