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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Classification of publications - Excisions from and alterations to films

33: Procedure for making excisions and alterations

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"How the Classification Office makes changes to films"

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You need to know what happens when a film needs to be changed. The Classification Office tells the film's distributor what changes are needed. They explain what classification the film would get if the changes are made. If the distributor agrees to make the changes, the Classification Office classifies the film as if the changes were already made, following section 23. The Classification Office looks at how the changes affect the film's story and overall impact. They classify the film based on the changes the distributor agrees to make. If the distributor does not agree to make the changes within 20 working days, the Classification Office classifies the film following section 23. You can find more information about this process in section 32. The Classification Office makes decisions about films based on rules like those in section 23.

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Part 3Classification of publications
Excisions from and alterations to films

33Procedure for making excisions and alterations

  1. In any case to which section 32 applies, the Classification Office shall notify the authorised distributor of the film of—

  2. the classification that the Classification Office would give to the film if any specified part or parts of the film were excised or altered to the satisfaction of the Classification Office; and
    1. the classification that the Classification Office would give to the film if the specified part or parts of the film were not excised or altered to the satisfaction of the Classification Office.

      1. If the authorised distributor of the film agrees to each such excision or alteration to the satisfaction of the Classification Office, the Classification Office shall classify that film in accordance with section 23 as if each of the required excisions and alterations were made.

      2. If the authorised distributor of the film refuses or fails, within 20 working days after the date of the Classification Office's notice, or within such further period as the Classification Office may allow, to agree to any such alteration or excision to the satisfaction of the Classification Office, the Classification Office shall classify the film in accordance with section 23.

      3. If the authorised distributor of the film agrees to some but not all of the excisions or alterations, the Classification Office shall classify the film in accordance with section 23 as if the excisions and alterations agreed to by the authorised distributor of the film had been made.

      4. In determining whether to exercise, or in exercising, the Classification Office's powers under this section in respect of any film, the Classification Office may consider the effect that any such excision or alteration may have on the continuity of the film or on its overall effect.

      Compare
      • 1983 No 130 s 16(1)–(7)
      • 1987 No 85 s 24(2)–(6)