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Statutory Instruments
Cinemas And Films
Made
12th February 2020
Coming into force
13th February 2020
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
The Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (revised) (“the Convention”)(1) was opened for signature by member States of the Council of Europe and other States party to the European Cultural Convention(2) on 30th January 2017.
The United Kingdom signed the Convention on 7th February 2019.
The Convention requires the Contracting Parties to apply those benefits which they grant to a national film(3) to cinematographic works falling within the scope of the Convention.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985(4), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 220. The full text of the treaty is available at: https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/090000168069309e. A hard copy is available on request from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ.
Cmd. 9545.
“film” is defined in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1.
1985 c.21; Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2006/643, S.I. 2006/3430, S.I. 2012/1809 and S.I. 2015/86.
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