The Films (Certification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2334

CINEMAS AND FILMS

The Films (Certification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made

17th August 1999

Laid before Parliament

18th August 1999

Coming into force

27th August 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 10(1), (4) and (5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985(1), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations—

Citation and commencement

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Films (Certification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 27 August 1999.

Amendment of the Films (Certification) Regulations 1985

2.  The following shall be inserted after regulation 7 of the Films (Certification) Regulations 1985(2)—

“Transitional

8.   If, following an election by the applicant pursuant to article 1(2) of the Films (Modification of the Definition of “British Film”) Order 1999(3) (“the Order”) the application falls to be determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 as it stood before the commencement of the Order, these regulations shall apply to the application as if the Films (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1999(4) had not been made.”.

Janet Anderson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

17th August 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Article 1(2) of the Films (Modification of the Definition of “British Film”) Order 1999 (“the Order”) allows an applicant for certification of a film as a “British film” to elect to have his application determined by the Secretary of State under Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 as it stood before the commencement of the Order, provided the application is made within twelve months from the date of commencement of the Order.

The Films (Certification) Regulations 1985 (“the 1985 regulations”) as amended by the Films (Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 regulations”) prescribe the particulars necessary to satisfy the Secretary of State that a film is a British film for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985, as modified by the Order.

These regulations add a transitional provision to the 1985 regulations so that in cases where an election is made as described above, the 1985 regulations will apply as if the 1999 regulations had not been made.

(1)

1985 c. 21.

(2)

S.I. 1985/994.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2386.

(4)

S.I. 1999/2224.