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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Offences - Offences relating to labelling

121: Unlawful issue of labels

You could also call this:

"Don't issue fake labels that look like official ones"

Illustration for Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

You commit an offence if you issue a label that looks like it was issued under this Act, but it was not. You must not issue a label that could make someone think it was issued under this Act when it was not. If you do this, you can be fined. You can be fined up to $3,000 if you are an individual, or up to $10,000 if you are a company. This happens if you are found guilty of issuing a fake label. The fine is given as a punishment for breaking the law.

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Part 8Offences
Offences relating to labelling

121Unlawful issue of labels

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act who, not being the labelling body or a specified CVoD provider using an approved self-rating system issues or purports to issue any label that is intended or is likely, by reason of its wording or appearance, or in any other manner, to cause any person to believe, contrary to the fact, that the label was issued under this Act.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding,—

  3. in the case of an individual, $3,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, $10,000.

      Compare
      • 1987 No 85 s 13(4)
      Notes
      • Section 121(1): amended, on , by section 19 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).
      • Section 121(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).