{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-films-modification-of-the-definition-of-british-film-order-1999/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-films-modification-of-the-definition-of-british-film-order-1999/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110829301",
  "legislation_title": "The Films (Modification of the Definition of British Film) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-films-modification-of-the-definition-of-british-film-order-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Modification of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1",
  "text": "For paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted–\n“(4) The Secretary of State may direct that a number of films shall be treated as a single film for the purposes of this Schedule if–\n(a) they form a series with not more than twenty-six parts;\n(b) the combined playing time is not more than twenty-six hours; and\n(c) in the opinion of the Secretary of State the series constitutes a self-contained work or is a series of documentaries with a common theme.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110829301/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:24.069064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}