Changes to film certificates announced
09/12/2004 - 13:17:23The Film Censor, John Kelleher, has announced changes to the certificate categories awarded to films cleared for screening in Ireland.
Mr Kelleher said today that a new '16' certificate would be introduced on January 1 for films suitable for viewing by people aged 16 years and over.
He also said the existing '12PG' and '15PG' ratings would be replaced with new '12A' and '15A' certificates.
Children under the age of 12 of 15 would only be allowed to watch such films in the company of an adult.
