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Article 2 Definitions

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Order–

  • “cinema” means any premises in Great Britain which are used for the exhibition of films and which require a licence or consent for that purpose under section 1 or 2 of the Cinemas Act 1985f1;

  • “distributor” means a person carrying on the business of supplying films to exhibitors for exhibition;

  • “exhibition” means exhibition to the public;

  • “exhibitor” means a person carrying on the business of exhibiting films;

  • “film” means any record, however made, capable of being used as a means of showing a sequence of visual images as a moving picture;

  • “terms about exclusivity” means terms restricting a distributor from authorising the exhibition of a film at a cinema.

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Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 13.