9Matter causing serious offence or hatred

9 Matter causing serious offence or hatred

(1) A program should not include matter that is likely:

(a) to seriously offend a cultural sensitivity of an ethnic or racial component of the international audience; or

(b) to incite or perpetuate hatred against, or vilify, a person or group of people on the grounds of age, colour, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability, race, religion or sexual preference.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the matter is both:

(a) presented reasonably, and in good faith; and

(b) any of the following:

(i) material of an artistic nature;

(ii) a statement that is made, or a discussion or debate that is held, for an academic, artistic or scientific purpose;

(iii) a statement that is made, or a discussion or debate that is held, for a public interest purpose that is not mentioned in subparagraph (ii).

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the matter is a comment on, or a fair report of, an event or matter of public interest.