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(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, section 6 of this Act 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 to the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
(ii) Any organisation named in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Ombudsmen Act 1975 or in Schedule 1 to the Official Information Act 1982:
(iii) Any local organisation named or specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to 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) of this section, or who has exhibited to the public or supplied to the public any such film, to make an application under section 9 of this Act for the issue of a label in respect of that film.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section exempts any film from the requirements of section 6 of this Act 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) of this section.
Compare: 1983 No 130 ss 9-12; 1987 No 85 s 6; 1990 No 58 s 4