8. Films exempt from labelling requirements---(1) Subject to
 subsections (2) and (3) of this section, section 6 of this Act does not
 apply in respect of any of the following films:
   (a) Any film owned, produced, or sponsored by, and relating to the
         policy, functions, or operations of,---
           (i) Any Government Department named in Part I of the First
         Schedule to the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
           (ii) Any organisation named in Part II of the First Schedule
         to the Ombudsmen Act 1975 or in the First Schedule to the
         Official Information Act 1982:
           (iii) Any local organisation named or specified in Part III of
         the First Schedule to the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
   (b) Any film directly related wholly or principally to personnel
         training and development, or public, business, or industrial
         administration, management, and organisation:
   (c) Any film depicting wholly or principally agricultural, industrial,
         or manufacturing processes or technological development:
   (d) Any pure, applied, physical, or natural scientific film:
   (e) Any film relating wholly or mainly to the social sciences,
         including economics, geography, anthropology, and linguistics:
   (f) Any natural history film, and any film depicting wholly or
         principally natural scenery:
   (g) Any film of news and current affairs, any documentary, and any
         historical account containing a unity of subject-matter:
   (h) Any film depicting wholly or principally sporting events or
         recreational activities:
   (i) Any film that is designed to provide a record of an event or
         occasion (such as a wedding) for those who took part in the
         event or occasion or are connected with those who did so:
   (j) Any film depicting wholly or mainly surgical or medical techniques
         and used for educational and instructional purposes:
   (k) Any film that is wholly or mainly a commercial advertisement
         relating to the advertiser's or sponsor's activities:
   (l) Any film directly related to the curriculum of pre-school,
         primary, secondary, or tertiary educational institutions:
   (m) Any film wholly or mainly of a religious nature:
   (n) Any film depicting wholly or mainly travel:
   (o) Any film depicting wholly or mainly cultural activities:
   (p) Any film intended for supply or exhibition solely to ethnic
         organisations:
   (q) Any video game.

   (2) The Chief Censor may, at any time, require any person who proposes
 to exhibit to the public or supply to the public any film of a class
 mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, or who has exhibited to the
 public or supplied to the public any such film, to make an application
 under section 9 of this Act for the issue of a label in respect of that
 film.

   (3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section exempts any film from
 the requirements of section 6 of this Act if---
   (a) The film is a restricted publication; or
   (b) The Chief Censor has required the film to be submitted to the
         labelling body under subsection (2) of this section.
     Cf. 1983, No. 130, ss. 9-12; 1987, No. 85, s. 6; 1990, No. 58, s. 4