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The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/740 · Made 15 March 2000

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CINEMA AND FILMS

Made 15th March 2000

Coming into force 13th April 2000

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 2000

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 21. Paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 was repealed and re-enacted as paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 by the Films (Modification of the Definition of “British Film”) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2386).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 13th April 2000.

2Amendment to the Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985

The Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985f1 shall be amended by substituting for the Schedule the following–

“SCHEDULE

CountryDate of AgreementCommand Paper
Australia12th June 1990Cm. 1758
Canada12th September 1975Cmnd. 6380
9th July 1985Cmnd. 9887
5th July 1991Cm. 1807
France8th November 1994Cm. 2992
Federal Republic of Germany30th January 1975Cmnd. 6155
Italy30th September 1967Cmnd. 3573
5th May 1998Cm. 4029
New Zealand14th April 1993Cm. 2638
Norway8th December 1982Cmnd. 9007

”

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985 (“the principal Order ”) provides that films made in accordance with the agreements between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Governments of the countries listed in the Schedule, as substituted by S.I. 1994/3222, are to be treated as British Films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985. The present Order corrects the Command Paper reference in the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order for an agreement with France of 8th November 1994 (Cm. 2992) and extends the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order to include an agreement with Italy of 5th May 1998 (Cm. 4029).