Review of fee structure and charges
- Implementation of the new classification fees
- What are the major changes to the fees?
- Detailed information about current fees
Implementation of new Classification fees
New fees apply from 5 September 2011. This follows the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Regulations 2005 receiving Royal Assent on 1 September 2011.
What are the major changes to the fees?
Publications
- In general, publications' fees have reduced in price with the exception of publications of 501-800 pages which has increased by 1% or $20.
- Publications of 0 – 76 pages have decreased by 19% or $100 from $520 to $420.
- Publications of 77-152 pages have decreased by 19% or $110 from $590 to $480 (this fee category accounts for 48% of publications).
Film Other
- An additional 12 fee categories have been included to accommodate a range of applications with running time over 1100 minutes. This removes the need to lodge multiple applications for longer running applications such as boxed sets.
- The most popular fee category, for material 61 to 120 minutes in length, has increased by 4% (i.e. $30 per application).
- The five most popular fee categories that make up 79% of applications for the 'Film Other' category have risen by an average of 9.2%.
- The new longer running time categories attract the largest fees but represent less than 3% of the total estimated 'Film Other' applications.
- Access to alternative lower cost industry-based assessor schemes such as the Authorised Television Series Assessor (ATSA) and the Additional Content Authorised Assessor schemes continue to provide low cost options for industry.
Industry-based assessor schemes
- The Authorised Television Series Assessor (ATSA) scheme fee has been reduced from $780 to $640 or by 18%.
- The Additional Content Assessor (ACA) Scheme fee has increased by 12% or $50 from $430 to $480
Public Exhibition (PE) films
- All five fee categories for public exhibition films have increased.
- Increases range from 19% to 28%. The most commonly used fee category (61-120 minute film) increased by 19% or $350.
Computer games
- There are now four categories of computer games (streamlined from six). Three of the four categories have decreased in cost between 9% and 41% ($40 to $830). Ninety-nine percent of applications fall into one of these categories.
- The fourth category (demonstrated computer games) has increased from $1070 to $2460 per application, however this category represents only 1% of total computer games applications.
Applications for review
- Applications for review have increased from $8,000 to $10,000 per review.
- The full cost of each review is approximately $28,000.
- The $10,000 fee is a partial cost recovery.
Applications for classification (enforcement)
- Fees for a Statement of Content or Certificate of Identification have both been reduced by approximately 33% from $710 to $475.
- Fees for a Certificate of Verification remain unchanged at $1,410 per application.
Detailed information about current fees
Please consult the table below for detailed information on current fees.
The Cost Recovery Impact Statement (CRIS) for the new fees can be found at the Fees for Classification page.