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(1) Any person may, with the leave of the Chief Censor, submit any publication to the Classification Office for reconsideration of the last decision of the Classification Office or the Board in respect of that publication if not less than 3 years have elapsed since that decision was, in accordance with section 40(3), first made open to inspection by the public in a list produced in accordance with section 40(1), and the Classification Office may alter or confirm the previous decision.
(2) Any owner, maker, publisher, or authorised distributor of a publication may submit that publication to the Classification Office for reconsideration of the last decision of the Classification Office or the Board in respect of that publication if not less than 3 years have elapsed since that decision was, in accordance with section 40(3), first made open to inspection by the public in a list produced in accordance with section 40(1), and the Classification Office may alter or confirm the previous decision.
(3) Notwithstanding that the period specified in subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section has not expired, any person may, with the leave of the Chief Censor, submit any publication to the Classification Office for reconsideration of any decision made in respect of it within the period referred to in those subsections if—
(a) In the case of a film, the film has been substantially altered since that decision; or
(b) The Chief Censor is satisfied that there are special circumstances justifying reconsideration of the decision.
Compare: 1963 No 22 s 20; 1983 No 130 s 19; 1987 No 85 s 30; 1990 No 59 s 6(2)
Subsections (1) and (2) were amended, as from 22 February 2005, by section 16 Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 2) by substituting the words “, in accordance with section 40(3), first made open to inspection by the public in a list produced in accordance with section 40(1)”
for the words “recorded in any list produced in accordance with section 40 of this Act”
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