ontario regulation 204/04

made under the

theatres act

Made: June 23, 2004
Filed: July 5, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 24, 2004

Amending Reg. 1031 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Section 14 of Regulation 1031 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

Approval of Films

14. (1) This section applies during the period beginning on the day Ontario Regulation 204/04 is filed and ending on April 30, 2005.

(2) This section prescribes the criteria on which the Board may exercise its powers under sections 3 and 33 of the Act with respect to approval of films for exhibition or distribution.

(3) In exercising its powers to approve a film, the Board shall consider the film in its entirety and take into account the general character and integrity of the film.

(4) The Board may refuse to approve a film for exhibition or distribution if,

(a) the Board considers that the film has, as its main object, the depiction of explicit sexual activity; and

(b) the film includes a depiction of,

(i) explicit sexual activity coupled with violence,

(ii) explicit sexual activity that is degrading or dehumanizing, or

(iii) a person who is under the age of eighteen, or is intended to represent someone under that age, where that person appears,

(A) nude or partially nude in a sexually suggestive context, or

(B) in a scene of explicit sexual activity.

(5) The Board shall approve a film for exhibition or distribution if the criteria on which the Board may refuse to approve a film for exhibition or distribution as set out in subsection (4) are not met.

2. (1) Subclause 28 (3) (d) (ii) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(ii) in a scene of explicit sexual activity;

(2) Clause 28 (3) (f) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “sexual activity as defined in subsection 14 (3)” and substituting “explicit sexual activity”.