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Insertion of section 9A in Act 65 of 1996
11. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 9:
‘‘Composition, functions and management of Board
9A. (1) The Board shall consist of the chief executive officer and such
number of officers as determined by the Council.
(2) The functions of the Board shall be to—
(a) appoint classification committees to examine and determine, in
accordance with any classification guidelines issued by the Council,
the classification of any film, game or publication submitted to the
Board under this Act
(b) determine an application made in terms of section 22 or 23 for an
exemption in respect of any film, game or publication; and
(c) determine an application made under section 18(1) for registration as
a distributor or exhibitor of films, games or publications.
(3) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for all matters relating
to the administration and management of the Board, including—
(a) the appointment of administrative staff;
(b) the appointment of compliance officers;
(c) the submission to the Council of the quarterly reports contemplated in
section 4A(1)(f); and
(d) the submission of the annual report and financial statements contemplated in section 55 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act
No. 1 of 1999).
(4) The chief executive officer may delegate any power conferred on him
or her.’’.
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Amendment of section 10 of Act 65 of 1996
12. Section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for
subsections (1) and (2) of the following subsections:
‘‘(1) The Board shall appoint classification committees as may be prescribed.
(2) Decisions of a classification committee shall be taken by a majority of votes: 30
Provided that where there is an equality of votes the Board shall appoint an
additional member to such committee so as to enable the committee to come to a
majority decision.’’.
Substitution of section 11 of Act 65 of 1996
13. The following section is hereby substituted for section 11 of the principal Act:
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‘‘Administrative [staff of Board and Review Board] support for
Council and Appeal Tribunal
11. The administrative work connected with the performance of the
functions, the exercise of the powers and the carrying out of the duties of
the [Board] Council and [the Review Board] Appeal Tribunal shall be 40
performed by the staff [appointed, in the case of the Board, by the chief
executive officer, and in the case of the Review Board, by the
chairperson thereof, under the management, supervision and control
of the chief executive officer or the chairperson, as the case may be] of
the Board.’’.
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