Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions - Levy on specified CVoD providers

149D: Approval may be suspended until debt paid

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"Your approval can be stopped if you don't pay a levy on time."

Illustration for Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

If you are a CVoD provider and you do not pay a levy on time, the Chief Censor can stop your self-rating system approval. The Chief Censor will tell you in writing at least 10 working days before they do this, and they will say why. When your approval is stopped, your self-rating system is not approved until you pay the debt.

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149C: Dispute does not suspend obligation to pay levy, or

"You must pay a levy even if you disagree with it."

149E: Status and recovery of fees or levy, or

"Paying back money owed to the Classification Office"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Levy on specified CVoD providers

149DApproval may be suspended until debt paid

If a specified CVoD provider fails to pay by the due date any levy payable under section 149A, the Chief Censor may suspend any approval of a self-rating system used by the provider.
The Chief Censor must give the provider written notice of the Chief Censor’s intention to act under subsection (1) (including the reason) at least 10 working days before the Chief Censor acts.
If an approval is suspended under this section, during the period of suspension, the system to which the approval relates is not an approved self-rating system.

Compare

1949 No 19 s 67ZR
1997 No 100 s 16(1), (2)

Notes

Section 149D: inserted, on 10 August 2020, by section 23 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).