Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Review of classification decisions - Conduct of reviews

54: Consultation

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"The Board talks to people and asks for their ideas when reviewing a publication."

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When you are part of a review under this Part, the Board can talk to anyone, including the Classification Office. The Board can ask for written ideas, get information, and ask questions, just like the Classification Office can under section 21. The Board has the power to do these things to help with the review. If you submit a publication for review and the Board talks to you, they must tell the Classification Office. The Board will ask the Classification Office to give them their ideas about the publication. This happens if you or someone else gives the Board written ideas, as stated in section 53(2). If the Board talks to the Classification Office about something that is not just technical, they must tell you. You can then give the Board your ideas about the publication. The Board must also tell everyone else involved in the proceeding, as stated in section 47(2)(c), and ask them for their ideas. If the Board talks to someone involved in the proceeding, they must tell the Classification Office and everyone else involved. The Board will ask the Classification Office and the other people for their ideas about the publication, as stated in section 47(2)(c).

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53: Procedure, or

"How to Ask for a Review of a Film, Video, or Publication"

55: Decision of Board, or

"The Board's Decision on a Publication"

Part 4Review of classification decisions
Conduct of reviews

54Consultation

For the purposes of any review under this Part, the Board shall have the same power to consult any person (including the Classification Office), invite written submissions, obtain information, and make inquiries as is conferred on the Classification Office by section 21.
If the Board consults the person submitting the publication for review, or receives written submissions from that person or any other person in accordance with section 53(2), it shall notify the Classification Office of that fact, and invite the Classification Office to make submissions to the Board in relation to that publication.
If the Board consults the Classification Office otherwise than on purely technical matters, it shall notify the person submitting the publication for review, and, if that person is a party to the proceeding referred to in section 47(2)(c), every other party to that proceeding, that it has done so, and invite that person and every other such party to make submissions to the Board in relation to that publication.
If the Board consults any person who is a party to the proceeding referred to in section 47(2)(c), it shall notify the Classification Office, and every other person who is a party to that proceeding, that it has done so, and invite the Classification Office and those persons to make submissions to the Board in relation to that publication.

Compare

1983 No 130 s 33(5)
1987 No 85 s 38(5)–(7)