Film Censorship Act 2002 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part V · Powers of the Minister
28. Exemption
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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;
exempt any film or class of films, including those which are sponsored by the Federal Government pursuant to a treaty, agreement or arrangement to which the Federal
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;
Government is a party, from the application of any of the provisions of this Act or regulations made under this Act;
and
if he is satisfied that it would not be contrary to the public interest or to the interest of the country to do so, exempt any person or any film or film-publicity material from any provisions of this Act or regulations made under this Act.
film-publicity material
“film-publicity material” includes the original or duplicate of the whole or any part of a picture, photograph, poster, figure, handbill, slide, newspaper advertisement and any other form of advertisement printed or recorded on any material and intended to publicise a film;
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