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The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/1783 · Made 9 July 2008

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Cinema And Films

Made 9th July 2008

Coming into force 1st August 2008

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of July 2008

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c.21. Paragraph 4(5) was substituted by the Films (Definition of “British Film”) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/643).

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

This order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st August 2008.

2Amendment to the Film 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
India5th December 2005Cm. 7423
Jamaica23rd April 2007Cm. 7168
New Zealand14th April 1993Cm. 2638
South Africa24th May 2006Cm. 6866

”.

3Revocation

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2007f1 is revoked.

Signature

Judith Simpson

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 other countries listed in the Schedule are to be treated as British films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985. This Order extends the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order to include an agreement with India of 5th December 2005 (Cm. 7423). The agreement with India was laid before Parliament on 17th June 2008 and is available from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk. This Order also revokes a previous Order which amended the Schedule to the principal Order and has now been superseded.