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3. AANA Code of Ethics Objectives Definitions and Interpretation This Code has been adopted by the Australian Association of National Advertisers as part of advertising and marketing self-regulation. Its object is to ensure that advertisements and other forms of marketing communications are legal, decent, honest and truthful and that they have been prepared with a sense of obligation to the consumer and society and a sense of fairness and responsibility to competitors. In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires: This Code comes into effect on 1 January 2012. It replaces the previous AANA Code of Ethics and applies to all advertising and marketing communications on and from 1 January 2012. This Code is accompanied by Practice Notes which have been developed by AANA. The Practice Notes provide guidance to advertisers, complainants and the Advertising Standards Board (Board) in relation to this Code. • Advertising or Marketing Communications means any material which is published or broadcast using any Medium or any activity which is undertaken by, or on behalf of an advertiser or marketer, and • o ver which the advertiser or marketer has a reasonable degree of control, and • t hat draws the attention of the public in a manner calculated to promote or oppose directly or indirectly a product, service, person, organisation or line of conduct, but does not include Excluded Advertising or Marketing Communications. Advertising or Marketing Communications to Children means Advertising or Marketing Communications which, having regard to the theme, visuals and language used, are directed primarily to Children and are for Product. “Product” is defined in the Code for Advertising & Marketing Communications to Children as follows: Product means goods, services and/ or facilities which are targeted toward and have principal appeal to Children. Excluded Advertising or Marketing Communications means labels or packaging for products, public relations communications (corporate or consumer) and related activities and, in the case of broadcast media, any material which promotes a program or programs to be broadcast on that same channel or station. Medium means any medium whatsoever including without limitation cinema, internet, outdoor media, print, radio, telecommunications, television or other direct-to-consumer media including new and emerging technologies. Prevailing Community Standards means the community standards determined by the Board as those prevailing at the relevant time in relation to Advertising or Marketing Communications. Prevailing Community Standards apply to clauses 2.1–2.6 below. The determination by the Board shall have regard to Practice Notes published by AANA and any research conducted by the Advertising Standards Bureau. The Board means the board appointed by the Advertising Standards Bureau from time to time, the members of which are representative of the community, to administer a public complaints system in relation to Advertising or Marketing Communications. Children means persons 14 years old or younger and Child means a person 14 years old or younger. Review of Operations 2014 85