Film Censorship Act 2002 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VIII · Repeal, Transitional and Saving Provisions
54. Board and Committees
Feedback & supportThe Board of Film Censors, the Assessment Committee and the Committee of Appeal established by the repealed Act are dissolved.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), every person who was a member of the Board of Film Censors and the Committee of
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;
Appeal under the repealed Act immediately prior to the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, on that date—
in the case of a member of the Board of Film Censors, be deemed to have been appointed as a member of the
Board established under section 4; and
in the case of a member of the Committee of Appeal, be deemed to have been appointed as a member of the Appeal
Committee established under section 22, and shall continue in such appointment until the expiry of the term for which he was appointed under the repealed Act.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), any matter pending before the Board of Film Censors, the Assessment Committee and the
Committee of Appeal under the repealed Act shall be disposed of by that Board and those Committees under the repealed Act as if the Board and the Committees had not been dissolved and the repealed Act had not been repealed.
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