Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Bodies - Office of Film and Literature Classification

79: Membership of Classification Office

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"Who is in charge of the Classification Office"

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The Classification Office has two main people: the Chief Censor and the Deputy Chief Censor. You can think of them as a team that makes decisions. They are also in charge of the board for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004. The Chief Censor is like the leader and the Deputy Chief Censor is their second in command. They stay in these roles for as long as they are the Chief Censor and Deputy Chief Censor. This is also for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004. Some other rules might say something different, but this is how it works for the Classification Office. This rule applies even if Schedule 5 of the Act says something else.

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Part 6Bodies
Office of Film and Literature Classification

79Membership of Classification Office

The Classification Office consists of the Chief Censor and the Deputy Chief Censor.
The Chief Censor and the Deputy Chief Censor are the board for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
The Chief Censor and the Deputy Chief Censor hold office as chairperson and deputy chairperson of the board respectively, for the same term as they hold office as Chief Censor and Deputy Chief Censor, for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
Subsection (3) applies despite anything to the contrary in Schedule 5 of that Act.

Notes

Section 79: substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).