S.I. No. 135/1994 - Video Recordings Act, 1989 (Appeals) Regulations, 1994.

S.I. No. 135 of 1994.

VIDEO RECORDINGS ACT, 1989 (APPEALS) REGULATIONS, 1994.

I, MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10 and 31 of the Video Recordings Act, 1989 (No. 22 of 1989), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Video Recordings Act, 1989 (Appeals) Regulations, 1994.

2. (1) An appeal under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Video Recordings Act, 1989 (No. 22 of 1989) shall be brought by giving a notice in the form specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations or in a form to the like effect to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board and, if the video work to which the prohibition order concerned relates has not been the subject of an application by the appellant for a supply certificate, the notice shall be accompanied by a video recording of the work.

(2) An appeal under subsection (2) of the said section 10 shall be brought by giving a notice in the form specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations or in a form to the like effect to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board and, if the video work to which the supply certificate relates has not been the subject of an application by the appellant for a supply certificate, the notice shall be accompanied by a video recording of the work.

3. The Video Recordings Act, 1989 (Appeals) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1991 ) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Video Recordings Act, 1989 .

Notice of Appeal to Censorship of Films Appeal Board against a Prohibition Order.

To the Censorship of Films Appeal Board.

I,............................................................ ............................................................ ................................., ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................,............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................., of,............................................................ ............................................................ ................................, am aggrieved by prohibition order no. ............................................................ ............................, a copy of which was published in "Iris Oifigiúil" on ................ day of............, 19........., in respect of the video work entitled............................................................ ........... I hereby appeal to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board against the said prohibition order on the following grounds (1):

Signature..........................................................Date ........................................

(1) State concisely the grounds of appeal using extra page(s) if required:

( a ) giving particulars of any ground or fact and a copy of any document upon which the appellant relies, and

( b ) indicating any point on which the appellant relies which appears to him to be a point of law.

SCHEDULE.

PART II.

Video Recordings Act, 1989 .

Notice of Appeal to Censorship of Films Appeal Board against a Classification of a Video Work.

To the Censorship of Films Appeal Board.

I,............................................................ ............................................................ .................................., ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................,............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................., of,............................................................ ............................................................ ................................, am aggrieved by the classification determined and stated in the supply certificate (no. ..........), granted on.............. day of............... , 19 , in respect of the video work entitled............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................

I hereby appeal to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board against the said classification on the following grounds (1):

Signature............................................................ Date.......................................

(1) State concisely the grounds of appeal using extra page(s) if required:

( a ) giving particulars of any ground or fact and a copy of any document upon which the appellant relies,

( b ) indicating the classification preferred for the video work in question, and

( c ) indicating any point on which the appellant relies which appears to him to be a point of law.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 12th day of May, 1994.

MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the manner of appeal under section 10 (1) of the Video Recordings Act, 1989 against a prohibition order and under subsection (2) of the said section 10 against a classification granted.