---
title: "Classification application checklist for a film, game or publication"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/classification-application-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a39-classification-application-checklist"
area_id: "A39"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A39-D20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Classification application checklist for a film, game or publication

> A checklist for an application to the Classification Board for a film, computer game or publication: the database search, portal file names, physical media, subtitles, and the priority fee the application-process page…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/classification-application-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

A checklist for an application to the Classification Board for a film, computer game or publication: the database search, portal file names, physical media, subtitles, and the priority fee the application-process page states.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Sports & Entertainment Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a film, computer game or publication is to be submitted for classification in Australia. Do not use it as the portal application, and do not treat it as a list of classification categories or of the fee table. The fee-waiver page and the review page were not opened.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the classification application for a film or computer game](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law.md#A39-D20261018-5)

## How AI may be used

AI may build the file-name and media checklist from the title and the delivery method. The lawyer decides whether to apply, whether to seek priority processing, and whether an embargo is available.

**AI may:**

- Draft the Box file name in the page's pattern, with a hyphen and sentence case, and flag special characters
- List which physical-media items are missing for a DCP, DVD or Blu-ray delivery
- Note whether non-English content that will be distributed in Australia has English subtitles
- Record the priority fee and the working-day periods as the page states them, for the lawyer to accept or refuse

**AI must not:**

- Must not nominate a classification category, consumer advice, or a fee other than the $420 priority amount stated on the page
- Must not say the content is exempt. The exemptions page was not opened
- Must not change an embargo date, or say advertising is permitted while a decision is withheld
- Must not lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- The National Classification Database has been searched before a new application is started
- The file name uses a hyphen, not a slash, and has no special characters
- A priority application is only marked where the extra $420 is to be paid and the materials are complete
- An embargo is used only for a Board application or an accredited classifier, and advertising is not planned while the decision is withheld

## Authorities

- [Australian Classification, Application process (portal, file names, physical media, subtitles, priority fee and embargo)](https://www.classification.gov.au/for-industry/apply-for-classification/application-process)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/classification-application-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*