Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

Change of name of Official Censor, etc.

71.— (1) The office of Official Censor of Films shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as the Irish Film Classification Office and, in Irish, as Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann and, accordingly, references (howsoever expressed) in any enactment to the office of the Official Censor of Films shall be read as references to the Irish Film Classification Office and the person appointed to the office of Official Censor of Films under that Act shall be known, in English, as the Director of Film Classification and, in Irish, as an Stiúrthóir Aicmithe Scannán.

(2) The Irish Film Classification Office may, on the commencement of this section, provide itself with a new seal.

(3) The Censorship of Films Appeal Board established by section 3 of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as the Classification of Films Appeal Board and, in Irish, as an Bord Achomhairc um Aicmiú Scannán and, accordingly, references (howsoever expressed) in any enactment to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board shall be read as references to the Classification of Films Appeal Board.

(4) The persons heretofore known as Assistant Censors for the purposes of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as Assistant Classifiers and, in Irish, as Aicmitheoirí Cúnta for those purposes.

(5) In this section, “enactment” means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by a statute.