Film Censorship Act 2002 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part V · Powers of the Minister
25. Directions
Feedback & supportThe Minister may issue to the Board or the Appeal Committee directions of a general character consistent with the provisions of this Act as to the policy of the Government relating to public exhibition of films and film-publicity materials.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for matters pertaining to the censorship of films and film-publicity materials and, except in relation to the power to make regulations, includes the Deputy Minister;
The Board or the Appeal Committee, as the case may be, shall give effect to the directions referred to in subsection (1).
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Film Censorship
film
“film” includes the original or duplicate of the whole or any part of— (a) a cinematograph film; and (b) a videotape, diskette, laser disc, compact disc, hard disc and other record, of a sequence of visual images, being a record capable of being used as a means of showing that sequence as a moving picture, whether or not accompanied by sound;