 It repealed a number of pieces of draconian legislation that had been promulgated under the apartheid regime and its satellite semi-autonomous and dependent race based geographical entities (see its Schedule 12).It established a Film and Publication Board ("Board"), and Review Board.The Board's function would be to receive complaints, or applications to evaluate, a film or publication, to classify it according to its suitability for different audiences

The classification of a film or publication would trigger various prohibitions on possessing, exhibiting, distributing or advertising the film or publication.