Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00114:section:22p
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00114
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22P
Character Range: 109429–111263

22P  Secretary may revoke accreditation
 (1) The Secretary of the Department may, in writing, revoke the accreditation of a person to classify films and computer games if the Secretary is satisfied that one or more of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) apply to the person.
 (2) The conditions are as follows:
 (a) during the previous 12 months, the Board has revoked 3 or more classifications by the person;
 (b) if the Secretary has, under section 22N, requested the person complete further approved training in classification within a specified period—the person has not completed the training within the specified period;
 (c) the Secretary becomes aware of:
 (i) the person having made a declaration under subsection 22M(2) that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (ii) the person having been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a law of a State or Territory, involving fraud or dishonesty; or
 (iii) the person having been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty for the contravention of a civil penalty provision of a law of the Commonwealth, or a law of a State or Territory, involving fraud or dishonesty; or
 (iv) the person having purported to classify a film or computer game as RC or X 18+; or
 (v) any other reason why the person is not a suitable person to classify films and computer games;
 (d) the Board has revoked a classification by the person of a film or computer game on the grounds that had the film or computer game been classified by the Board, the Board would have given the film or computer game a classification of RC or X 18+;
 (e) the person meets any other condition prescribed by the regulations.
 (3) If the accreditation of a person has been revoked under subsection (1), the person may not make an application under section 22M for the next 28 days.