Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Transitional provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

172: Vacation of office of existing office-holders

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"Old jobs don't automatically continue under this new law"

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When this law started, you did not automatically get a new job under this law just because you already had a job under an old law. You had a job because of an old law, like the Indecent Publications Act 1963 or the Films Act 1983. This law says that having a job under an old law does not mean you now have a job under this law, unless it says so in section 173 or the Interpretation Act 1999.

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171: Dual censorship decisions, or

"What happens when a film gets two different classifications?"

173: Existing Inspectors deemed to be Inspectors, or

"People already inspecting cinemas or videos are now also inspectors of publications"

Part 10Transitional provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

172Vacation of office of existing office-holders

Subject to section 173, for the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that no person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, is holding any office by virtue of any appointment made under, or pursuant to, or for the purposes of, the Indecent Publications Act 1963 or the Films Act 1983 or the Video Recordings Act 1987 shall, by virtue of the operation of any provision of the Interpretation Act 1999 or any other enactment or rule of law, be taken to hold any office under this Act as a member or employee of the Classification Office or as a member of the Board.

Notes

Section 172: amended, on 1 November 1999, pursuant to section 38(1) of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).