Cinemas Act 1985

8 Exhibitions in movable buildings, etc. E+W+S

(1) Where it is proposed to give a film exhibition in any building or structure of a movable character, it shall not be necessary to obtain a licence under section 1 above from the local authority in whose area the exhibition is to be given (“the appropriate authority”) if—

(a) the owner of the building or structure has been granted a licence under section 1 above in respect of that building or structure by the local authority in whose area he ordinarily resides;

(b) he has given to the appropriate authority, to the [F1 fire authority] [F1 appropriate [F2 fire] authority] and to the chief officer of police not less than two days’ notice in writing of his intention to give the exhibition; and

(c) he complies with any regulations under section 4 above and, subject to any such regulations, with any conditions imposed by the appropriate authority and notified to him in writing.

(2) In subsection (1)(b) above—

• [F3 “appropriate [F4 fire] authority”, in relation to [F5 the building or structure, means–

  (a)

  where Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) applies to the building or structure, the enforcing authority as defined in section 61(9) of that Act,

  (b)

  in any other case,] the [F6 authority discharging in the area in which the exhibition is to be given the functions under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) of a relevant authority (as defined in section 6 of that Act)] [F6 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service];]

• “chief officer of police” means the chief officer of police for the police area in which the exhibition is to be given;

• [F7 “fire authority” means the authority discharging in the area in which the exhibition is to be given the functions of fire authority under the M1 Fire Services Act 1947.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 8(1)(b) substituted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 8(2)(3)(c)

F2 Word in s. 8(1)(b) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(4)(5)(c)

F3 Words in s. 8(2) inserted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 8(5)

F4 Word in s. 8(2) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(7)(a)

F5 Words in s. 8(2) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(7)(b)

F6 Words in s. 8(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 55(3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F7 Words in s. 8(2) repealed (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1947 c. 41.