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(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), section 6 does not apply in respect of any of the following films:
(a) any film owned, produced, or sponsored by, and relating to the policy, functions, or operations of,—
(i) any government department named in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
(ii) any organisation named in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 or in Schedule 1 of the Official Information Act 1982:
(iii) any local organisation named or specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
(b) any film directly related wholly or principally to personnel training and development, or public, business, or industrial administration, management, and organisation:
(c) any film depicting wholly or principally agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing processes or technological development:
(d) any pure, applied, physical, or natural scientific film:
(e) any film relating wholly or mainly to the social sciences, including economics, geography, anthropology, and linguistics:
(f) any natural history film, and any film depicting wholly or principally natural scenery:
(g) any film of news and current affairs, any documentary, and any historical account containing a unity of subject matter:
(h) any film depicting wholly or principally sporting events or recreational activities:
(i) any film that is designed to provide a record of an event or occasion (such as a wedding) for those who took part in the event or occasion or are connected with those who did so:
(j) any film depicting wholly or mainly surgical or medical techniques and used for educational and instructional purposes:
(k) any film that is wholly or mainly a commercial advertisement relating to the advertiser's or sponsor's activities:
(l) any film directly related to the curriculum of pre-school, primary, secondary, or tertiary educational institutions:
(m) any film wholly or mainly of a religious nature:
(n) any film depicting wholly or mainly travel:
(o) any film depicting wholly or mainly cultural activities:
(p) any film intended for supply or exhibition solely to ethnic organisations:
(q) any video game.
(2) The Chief Censor may, at any time, require any person who proposes to exhibit to the public or supply to the public any film of a class mentioned in subsection (1), or who has exhibited to the public or supplied to the public any such film, to make an application under section 9 for the issue of a label in respect of that film.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) exempts any film from the requirements of section 6 if—
(a) the film is a restricted publication; or
(b) the Chief Censor has required the film to be submitted to the labelling body under subsection (2).
Compare: 1983 No 130 ss 9–12; 1987 No 85 s 6; 1990 No 58 s 4
