18

18

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

What should be in the classification of the 18 class and what should not be in the classification:

Basically everything that the other classifications say isn't allowed in this it is allowed, but the sex section has limits though.

Sex education at ‘18’

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and 
educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer 
sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may 
be permitted.

Sex works at ‘18’

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual
arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material
which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex
works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish
material, sexually explicit animated images, or other 
very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’
category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work 

at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’.