Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Appeals - Interim restrictions on appeal

68: Notification of interim restriction order

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"What to do when a temporary ban on a film, video, or publication is made"

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When an interim restriction order is made, you will see it published in the Gazette. You will also see it advertised in a way that the High Court or a Judge decides. The person who asked for the order must tell certain people or groups about it. If you get a notice about an interim restriction order, you must tell others who have the publication. You should do this as soon as you can if you have given the publication to someone else to distribute, exhibit, or supply. You must pass on the notice to that other person if it is practical to do so. The court or Judge will decide who should be told about the interim restriction order and how they should be told. They will also decide how the order should be advertised. This is how you will know about an interim restriction order and what you must do if you get a notice about it.

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67: Interim restriction orders on appeal, or

"A court can temporarily stop someone from doing something with a publication while an appeal is happening"

69: Duration and revocation of interim restriction order, or

"How long an interim restriction order lasts and how it can be cancelled"

Part 5Appeals
Interim restrictions on appeal

68Notification of interim restriction order

Every interim restriction order shall be published in the Gazette.
As soon as reasonably practicable after an interim restriction order is made, the person on whose application the order is made shall—
advertise the making of the order, in such manner as the High Court or a Judge of that court shall direct; and
serve notice of the making of that order on such persons or classes of persons as the court or Judge shall direct.

Every person on whom notice of the making of an interim restriction order is served shall, if that person has furnished the publication to which the order relates to any other person for distribution, exhibition, or supply, give, where practicable and as soon as reasonably practicable, a notice of the making of the order to that other person.

Compare

1963 No 22 ss 14A(6), (7), 14B(4)
1972 No 136 s 3
1977 No 79 s 3
1987 No 85 s 49(4), (5)