Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations –

(a)

“the commencement day” means the day on which section 40(2), (3) and (5) of the Digital Economy Act 2010 come into force;

(b)

“the 1984 Act” means the Video Recordings Act 1984^f1;

(c)

“a designated authority” means the persons who, on the commencement day, are designated by the Secretary of State under section 4 and 4ZA of the 1984 Act, as –

(i)

the authority responsible for making arrangements for the matters specified in that Act in respect of video games (“the video games authority”); or

(ii)

the authority responsible for making arrangements for matters specified in that Act in respect of other video works (“the video works authority”).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c.39. as amended by the Video Recordings Act 1993 (c.24), the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33), and the Digital Economy Act 2010 (c.24); and as repealed and revived by the Video Recordings Act 2010 (c.1).