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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Classification of publications - Submission of publications

17: Submission to lapse if publication unobtainable

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"What happens if the Classification Office can't get a copy of your publication"

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You lodge a notice to submit a publication to the Classification Office under section 15(1). If you do not give them a copy of the publication, they will try to get one. They will take all reasonable steps to obtain a copy. You submit a notice, but the Classification Office cannot get a copy of the publication. The notice will lapse, and they will tell you this happened. They must notify you about what happened to your notice. The Classification Office must follow these rules when you submit a notice about a publication, as outlined in the section 15(1) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993.

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Part 3Classification of publications
Submission of publications

17Submission to lapse if publication unobtainable

  1. Where a notice of submission relating to a publication is lodged with the Classification Office under section 15(1), and a copy of that publication is not submitted to the Classification Office, the Classification Office shall take all reasonable steps to obtain a copy of the publication.

  2. If the Classification Office, after taking such steps as are required by subsection (1), is unable to obtain a copy of the publication, that notice of submission shall lapse, and the Classification Office shall notify the person who submitted that notice accordingly.

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  • 1987 No 85 s 19(6), (7)