The Video Recordings Act 1984 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was passed in 1984.
- The British Board of Film Censors was renamed to its current name, the British Board of Film Classification.
- It gave the BBFC the power to give classification certificates to video works as well as video games.
- Unless when exempt, it is now an offence to sell or supply video works that have not been given a certificate by the BBFC (as well as selling video works classified 15 or 18 to persons below that age). This means that video works rejected by the BBFC are effectively banned from being sold or distributed in the United Kingdom (because it would be in breach of the Act).
Before the Video Recordings Act 1984, there was a moral panic concerning "video nasties" that was sparked by tabloid newspapers in Britain during 1982 and 1983.
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British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) |
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Formerly used certificates: A | H | X | AA | Uc | PG-12 History of certificates | Video Recordings Act 1984 | Rejected works | Cut works | Discrepancies |