| (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; |
| (c) | determine an application made under section 18(1) for registration as a distributor or exhibitor of films or games ; and |
| (e) | perform the functions in respect of the complaints procedure in section 18E; and |
| (f) | take such step as may be necessary in regard to— |
| (i) | the accreditation of any foreign or international classification system in relation to the classification of films, games and publications; |
| (ii) | the conclusion of a compliance and online distribution agreement with a commercial online distributor in relation to the online distribution in the Republic, of films, games and publications classified through the accredited foreign or international classification system; and |
| (iii) | the exemption of any commerical online distributor from the classification of films, games and publications in terms of the Act. |
[Section 9A(2) substituted by section 9(c) of Proc 52, GG 45959, dated 25 February 2022]
| (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 |
[Section 9A inserted by section 11 of Notice No. 876, GG 32534, dated 28 August 2009]
