Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

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

46D: Content previously labelled or classified

You could also call this:

"Using the same label for videos already classified"

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You need to follow rules when making video content available online in New Zealand. If a video has been labelled before, you must use the same label with the same rating and description. You can find more information about this in the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993. If a video has been classified before but not labelled, you must ask the Classification Office for direction under section 36. This rule applies no matter what form the video is in. You must do this if you want to make the video available to people in New Zealand. You have to do this even if the video is in a different form, like if it was a movie and now it's a streaming video. This helps keep the same rules for all videos, no matter how people watch them. It's all part of following the law when sharing video content online in New Zealand.

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

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

46E: Content not previously labelled or classified, or

"Labelling video content that hasn't been labelled before"

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

46DContent previously labelled or classified

If a specified CVoD provider intends to make commercial video on-demand content available to persons in New Zealand and a label for that content has previously been issued under this Act, the provider must issue a label that contains the same classification or rating and the same description (if any) that was contained in the label that was previously issued.
If a specified CVoD provider intends to make commercial video on-demand content available to persons in New Zealand and that content has previously been classified under this Act, but no label has been issued for that content, the provider must refer that content to the Classification Office for a direction under section 36.
Subsections (1) and (2) apply irrespective of whether the content is in the same technical form or a different technical form.

Notes

Section 46D: inserted, on 1 August 2021, by section 7 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 49).