New Zealand Legislation: Acts

71 Functions of labelling body

• The functions of the labelling body are as follows:

  • (a) In accordance with regulations made under this Act,—

    • (i) To assign a rating to any film referred to it for the issue of a label:

    • (ii) Where appropriate, to assign a description to any such film to indicate whether it contains anti-social behaviour, cruelty, violence, crime, horror, sex, or offensive language or behaviour:

  • (b) To issue in respect of any such film a label that contains the rating and description (if any) assigned to that film:

  • (ba) to issue, on an application under section 9(1) in respect of the film and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, but without a direction of the Classification Office under section 36, labels (containing the classification of, and any description assigned to, the item) in respect of a film—

    • (i) an item on which has been classified under this Act as a restricted publication; and

    • (ii) all other material on which is material to which the labelling body would, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, be permitted to assign a rating:

  • (bb) to issue, at the direction of the Classification Office under section 36 or section 36A(2), and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, labels in respect of the following publications:

    • (i) a film to which section 36(1) or (2) applies:

    • (ii) a publication (other than a film) that is the subject of a condition imposed pursuant to section 27(4)(a):

  • (c) To examine, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, any film poster used or intended to be used in relation to the public supply or public exhibition of any film.

  Compare: 1987 No 85 s 11

  Paragraphs (ba) and (bb) were inserted, as from 21 May 2005, by section 21 Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 2).