Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Part 9
Miscellaneous provisions

General

146 Classification Office may require soundtrack to be translated into English

  • (1) Where,—

    • (a) in respect of any film submitted to it under—

      • (ii) section 42 by the owner, maker, authorised distributor, or publisher of the film,—

      the Classification Office is required, pursuant to section 24, to take into consideration the content of any accompanying soundtrack; and

    • (b) that soundtrack, or part of that soundtrack (other than isolated words or phrases), is not in the English language or the Maori language,—

    the Classification Office may—

    • (c) require the person who submitted that film to supply to the Classification Office an English translation, by a translator approved by the Classification Office, of that soundtrack, or part of that soundtrack; or

    • (d) with the consent of the person who submitted that film, arrange for an English translation to be made of that soundtrack, or part of that soundtrack.

    (2) Where the Classification Office arranges for the translation of a soundtrack, or part of a soundtrack, pursuant to subsection (1)(d), the Classification Office may require the person who submitted the film to which that soundtrack relates to meet all or part of the costs of that translation, and such costs shall be recoverable under this section as a debt due to the Classification Office.

    (3) Where, in respect of any film submitted to the Classification Office under section 12 or section 42,—

    • (a) the person who submitted that film is required, pursuant to subsection (1)(c), to supply to the Classification Office an English translation of the soundtrack, or part of the soundtrack, accompanying that film, and that person refuses or fails, within such reasonable period as the Classification Office may allow, to supply that translation; or

    • (b) the person who submitted that film is required, pursuant to subsection (2), to meet all or part of the costs of translating the soundtrack, or part of the soundtrack, accompanying that film, and that person refuses or fails, within such reasonable period as the Classification Office may allow, to comply with that requirement,—

    the submission of that film to the Classification Office shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and the Classification Office shall notify the person who submitted that film accordingly.

    Compare: 1987 No 85 s 21A; 1990 No 59 s 5