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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Transitional provisions - Films Act 1983

169: Proceedings pending before Chief Censor or Board of Review

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"What happens to films already being checked by the Chief Censor or Board of Review"

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You are dealing with a film that was already being looked at by the Chief Censor or the Board of Review before this law started. This law applies if someone asked the Chief Censor to look at a film under the Films Act 1983 before this law began. The Chief Censor or the Board of Review will send the matter to the Classification Office. You will deal with the matter as if the film was sent to the Classification Office under section 13. The Classification Office will use the rules in this Act, including Parts 4 and 5, to make a decision. The Chief Censor or the Board of Review will send all the information they have about the film to the Classification Office.

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Part 10Transitional provisions
Films Act 1983

169Proceedings pending before Chief Censor or Board of Review

  1. This section applies where, before the commencement of this section,—

  2. an application has been made to the Chief Censor under section 8 of the Films Act 1983 in respect of a film; or
    1. an application has been lodged under section 31 or section 34 of the Films Act 1983 for the review or, as the case requires, the examination, by the Films Censorship Board of Review, of a film,—
        1. and, at the commencement of this section, that application is pending before the Chief Censor or, as the case may be, the Films Censorship Board of Review.

      1. Where this section applies, the following provisions shall apply:

      2. the Chief Censor or, as the case requires, the Films Censorship Board of Review shall refer the matter to the Classification Office:
        1. the Classification Office shall deal with the matter as if the film had been submitted to the Classification Office under section 13, and the provisions of this Act (including Parts 4 and 5) shall apply accordingly with all necessary modifications:
          1. the Chief Censor or, as the case requires, the Films Censorship Board of Review shall forthwith forward to the Classification Office all material in its possession that relates to the matter.