Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Classification of publications - Submission of publications

19: Notification of submission

You could also call this:

"Telling people about a submitted publication"

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When you submit a publication to the Classification Office under section 13, the Chief Censor has to decide who to tell about it. The Chief Censor will tell people who have an interest in the publication, like the owner or maker. The Chief Censor might also decide to tell other people or make the submission public. You might be asked to tell people about the submission or make it public. But if the Chief Censor thinks it would be too hard for you, they will arrange for the Classification Office to do it. The Chief Censor makes these decisions after you submit a publication.

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Part 3Classification of publications
Submission of publications

19Notification of submission

This section applies if a person (the submitter) submits a publication to the Classification Office under section 13.
The Chief Censor must immediately determine the notice of the submission that is to be given to any person (other than the submitter) who the Chief Censor reasonably believes should be given notice of the submission by reason of that person's interest in the publication (being an interest as owner, maker, distributor, or publisher of the publication).
The Chief Censor may, before the publication has been classified by the Classification Office, determine—
that notice of the submission is to be given to any other specified person or class of persons, in a manner and within a time the Chief Censor specifies:
that the fact that the submission has been made is to be publicised, in a manner and within a time the Chief Censor specifies.

Having determined under subsection (2) or subsection (3) that notice is to be given or that a fact is to be publicised, unless subsection (5) applies the Chief Censor must direct the submitter to give that notice or to publicise that fact.
The Chief Censor must arrange for the Classification Office to give that notice or to publicise that fact if satisfied that giving that notice or publicising that fact would place an undue burden on the submitter.

Notes

Section 19: substituted, on 22 February 2005, by section 10(1) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 2).