71Functions of labelling body

1. The functions of the labelling body are as follows:

2. in accordance with regulations made under this Act,—
   1. to assign a rating to any film referred to it for the issue of a label:
   2. where appropriate, to assign a description to any such film to indicate whether it contains antisocial behaviour, cruelty, violence, crime, horror, sex, or offensive language or behaviour:
3. to issue in respect of any such film a label that contains the rating and description (if any) assigned to that film:
4. to issue, on an application under section 9(1) in respect of the film and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, but without a direction of the Classification Office under section 36, labels (containing the classification of, and any description assigned to, the item) in respect of a film—
   1. an item on which has been classified under this Act as a restricted publication; and
   2. all other material on which is material to which the labelling body would, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, be permitted to assign a rating:
5. to issue, at the direction of the Classification Office under section 36 or section 36A(2), and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, labels in respect of the following publications:
   1. a film to which section 36(1) or (2) applies:
   2. a publication (other than a film) that is the subject of a condition imposed pursuant to section 27(4)(a):
6. to examine, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, any film poster used or intended to be used in relation to the public supply or public exhibition of any film.