The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1904

CINEMAS AND FILMS

The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1994

Made

19th July 1994

Coming into force

10th August 1994

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of July 1994

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 10th August 1994.

2.  The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994(2) shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate place in alphabetical order the word “Russia”.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 (“the Principal Order”) provides that films made in accordance with the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Cm. 2495) are to be treated as British films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985. Where the Convention applies and there are only two co-producers one must be established in the United Kingdom and the other in one of the countries set out in the Schedule to the Principal Order. When there are three or more co-producers one must be established in the United Kingdom and at least two others in different countries set out in the Schedule to the Principal Order.

This Order amends the Schedule to the Principal Order by adding Russia to the countries set out therein.

In respect of a film which is a British film financial assistance under section 5 of the Films Act 1985 (which section does not apply to Northern Ireland) may be given by the Secretary of State. Fiscal benefits may accrue under the Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1) and the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48).

(1)

1985 c. 21.

(2)

S.I. 1994/1065.