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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2006 No. 642

CINEMAS AND FILM

The Films (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

  Made 7th March 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 10th March 2006 
  Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985[1].

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Films (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006 or, if later, the day that the Films (Definition of "British Film") Order 2006[2] comes into force.

Amendment
     2. The Films (Certification) Regulations 1985[3] shall be amended as follows.

     3. In regulation 2[4] in the definition of "co-production film", for "4(7)" substitute "4(5)".

     4. For regulation 5(b)(i) and (ii)[5] substitute—

     5. For particular E[6] in regulation 6 substitute—

     6. Omit particulars G and H[8]in regulation 6.

     7. After regulation 8 insert—


James Purnell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport

7th March 2006



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Film (Certification) Regulations 1985 to require an application for certification of a film as a British film to include particulars relating to how the film meets the requirement to pass the cultural test. The requirement to pass the cultural test is set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 as modified by the Films (Definition of "British Film") Order 2006. The Regulations also omit the particulars required in relation to the requirements removed by that Order (that is, the requirement that (i) at least 70% of the expenditure on the film is incurred on film production activity carried out in the United Kingdom, and (ii) not less that a requisite amount of labour costs of the film represents payments for the services of residents or citizens of Commonwealth countries or member States).


Notes:

[1] 1985 c.21.back

[2] S.I. 2006/643.back

[3] S.I. 1985/994.back

[4] Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 1999/2224.back

[5] Regulation 5(b) was substituted by S.I. 1999/2224.back

[6] Particular E was substituted by S.I. 1999/2224.back

[7] Paragraphs 4A, 4B and 4C were inserted by S.I. 2006/643.back

[8] Particulars G and H were substituted by S.I. 1999/2224.back



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 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 16 March 2006


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