25.1 Where a programme service is only available to viewers on subscription and offers a parental control mechanism, its availability to children may be more restricted and the watershed period may begin at 20h00. LANGUAGE 26. Offensive language, including profanity, blasphemy and other religiously insensitive material shall not be used in programmes specially designed for children. 27. No excessively and grossly offensive language should be used before the watershed period on television or at times when large numbers of children are likely to be part of the audience on television or radio. Its use during the periods referred to above should, where practicable, be approved in advance by the licensee’s most senior programme executive or the designated alternate. SEXUAL CONDUCT 28. Licensees shall not broadcast material, which judged within context, contains a scene or scenes, simulated or real of any of the following: (i) A person who, or is depicted as being under the age of 18 years, participating in, engaging in or assisting another person to engage in sexual conduct or a lewd display of nudity; (ii) Explicit violent sexual conduct; (iii) Bestiality; (iv) Explicit sexual conduct which degrades a person in the sense that it advocates a particular form of hatred based on gender and which constitutes incitement to cause harm. 29. Save for 28.(i) above, the prohibition in 28. (ii) to 28 (iv) shall not be applicable to bona fide scientific, documentary, dramatic material, which judged within context, is of such nature. The prohibition in 28.(i) shall however be applicable to artistic material which judged within context, is of such a nature. 30. Scenes depicting sexual conduct, as defined in the Films and Publication Act 65 of 1996, should be broadcast only during the watershed period. Exceptions to this may be allowed in programmes with a serious educational purpose or where the representation is non-explicit and should be approved in advance by the most senior programme executive or a delegated alternate. 31. Explicit portrayal of violent sexual behaviour is justifiable only exceptionally and the same approval process as referred to in 30 above must be followed. AUDIENCE ADVISORIES 32. To assist audiences in choosing programmes, licensees shall provide advisory assistance, which when applicable shall include guidelines as to age, at the beginning of broadcasts and wherever necessary, where such broadcasts contains violence, sexual conduct and/or offensive language. 33. Classification 33.1 Where a Film and Publications Board classification exists in terms of the Films and Publication Act No. 65 of 1996 (“Films and Publications Act”) for the version of a film or programme intended to be broadcast, such classification certification may be used as a