The Video Appeals Committee (VAC) is a body set up by the

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's Video Recordings Act. If a video or video-game distributor's work is rejected by the

British Board of Film Classification The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of f ...

(BBFC), preventing it from being legally sold in the UK, the distributor can appeal to the VAC, which has the power to order the BBFC to reverse its decision and to grant a certificate to the disputed work. The BBFC has the option of challenging the VAC's decision through the courts using

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. The members of the VAC are chosen by the BBFC, but it is otherwise independent of the BBFC and the home secretary.

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