New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 How to submit publications (others)

• (1) Every person who wishes to submit a publication to the Classification Office under section 13(1)(c) of this Act shall lodge a notice of submission in the prescribed manner with the Classification Office.

  (2) Every notice of submission shall be in the form provided for that purpose by the Chief Censor and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

  (3) Subject to section 16 of this Act, on receiving a notice of submission lodged under this section, the Chief Censor shall decide whether or not to give leave for the publication to be submitted to the Classification Office.

  (4) Where the Chief Censor grants leave under this section in relation to a publication, the publication shall be deemed to have been submitted to the Classification Office for a decision on that publication's classification.

  (5) Where, in relation to a publication, the Chief Censor grants, or refuses to grant, leave under this section, the Chief Censor shall give written notice of—

  • (a) That decision; and

  • (b) In the case of a refusal to grant leave, the reasons for that decision,—

  to the person who lodged the notice of submission.

  (6) Where, in relation to a publication, the Chief Censor refuses to grant leave under this section, every person shall, on request, and on payment of such fee (if any) as the Classification Office may determine, be entitled to a copy of the notice given pursuant to subsection (5) of this section in relation to that refusal.

  Compare: 1963 No 22 s 14(3), (4); 1987 No 85 s 19(4), (5)