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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Labelling requirements for specified CVoD providers’ commercial video on-demand content

46C: Duty to label commercial video on-demand content

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"Label videos you sell or rent online in New Zealand with their rating."

Illustration for Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

You need to label commercial video on-demand content before making it available in New Zealand. The label must show the content's classification or rating and any description given to it. It must be displayed in a certain way, as set out in the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, and is subject to section 8.

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46D: Content previously labelled or classified, or

"Using the same label for videos already classified"

Part 3ALabelling requirements for specified CVoD providers’ commercial video on-demand content

46CDuty to label commercial video on-demand content

  1. Before making commercial video on-demand content available to persons in New Zealand, a specified CVoD provider must ensure that the content has been labelled in accordance with this Act.

  2. The label must be displayed in the prescribed manner and must include any classification or rating assigned to the content and any description assigned to the content.

  3. This section is subject to section 8.

Notes
  • Section 46C: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).