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The Board works on five major principles in determining the category of a given work:
- Precedent - every decision is taken in the light of a previous case, thereby ensuring consistency
- Balancing context against detail, with due weight given to the intention of the work as well as the actual images shown
- Current published Guidelines covering what is acceptable in each classification category from 'U' through to 'R18'
- Arguments made in mitigation for specific issues, if overall the work is thought to offer positive messages to a younger audience
- The work's target audience - who is likely to want to watch this film, and to whom does it 'speak'
As well as the relevant legislation, the main classification issues are:
- Violence
- Weapons
- Imitable techniques
- Sex
- Sexual language
- Sexual violence
- Drugs
- Horror
- Criminal activity
- Language
- Theme
- Tone
Additionally decisions are made with reference to academic and public opinion research.
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