# The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Corporation Tax Act 2009;
“cast” means the actors and performers in a drama or animation, but not any extras;
“heads of department” has the meaning given by paragraph (2);
“participant” means a presenter, narrator, subject, or any other person who both participates and appears in a documentary or a children’s programme;
“production crew” means all the persons directly involved in the production of a programme who do not appear in the programme;
“programme” means a drama , a documentary, an animation or a children’s programme which is a relevant programme ;
“qualifying person” means a national of, or a person ordinarily resident in, the United Kingdom or an EEA state;
“recognised regional or minority language” means Welsh, Scottish-Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Ulster Scots, Cornish or British Sign Language;
“special effects” means artificial techniques or processes, which are not visual effects, used to create an illusion in a programme; and
“visual effects” means digital alterations to a programme's images.
(2) “Heads of department” means—
(a) in relation to a drama, lead cinematographer, lead production designer, lead costume designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor and lead hair and makeup supervisor;
(b) in relation to a documentary, lead camera operator, lead sound recordist, lead editor and lead researcher;
(c) in relation to an animation, lead layout supervisor, lead production designer, lead character designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor and lead modelling supervisor; and
(d) in relation to a children’s programme, lead cinematographer, lead production designer, lead costume designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor, lead hair and makeup supervisor and lead researcher.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1831/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-test-television-programmes-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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