The colour of the labels on films, videos and games can be compared to those on traffic lights.

  Green means GO - anyone can view this film, even young children.  Green is only used for the G label, suitable for General audiences.
  Yellow means CAUTION - anyone can view this film, but you might want to check the descriptive note before viewing, or letting your child view this title.  Yellow is used for the PG label, Parental Guidance recommended for younger Viewers and the M label, suitable for Mature audiences 16 years and over.
  Red means STOP - it is illegal for some people to view this film.  Red is used for all restricted films

Rating Labels
Label

Explanation of symbol

Possible descriptive notes on Label

Suitable for General audiences. No notes for this category.

Parental Guidance recommended for younger viewers. Contains violence
Contains coarse language
 Contains sexual references
Contains offensive behaviour
 Contains cruelty
Contains crime
 Contains horror

Suitable for Mature audiences 16 Years and Over. Contains anti-social behaviour
Contains horror scences
 Contains scences of cruelty
 Contains offensive langauage
 Contains violence
 Contains sex scences
 Contains violence and offensive language
 Contains violence, offensive language and sex scences

Classification Labels

Restricted Contains violence
 Contains offensive language
Contains sex scenes
 Contains violence, offensive language and sex scenes

Restricted to persons 16 years and over. Contains violence
 Contains offensive language
Contains sex scenes
 Contains violence, offensive language and sex scenes

Restricted to persons 18 years and over. Contains graphic violence
 Contains explict sex scenes
 Contains violence and sex scenes
 Contains violence, offensive language and sex scenes

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