# The Films (Exhibition Periods) Order 1996, Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

It shall be unlawful for a distributor to require, as a condition of the supply of a film to an exhibitor for exhibition in a cinema on or after the day of general release of that film, that the exhibitor should exhibit the film for a period longer than—
(a) in the case of the exhibition of a film for a period commencing within six weeks of the day of general release of the film, two weeks; or
(b) in any other case, one week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3140/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/films-exhibition-periods-order-1996/article-3
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