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The Video Recordings Act 1984 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1018 · Made 8 June 1988

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VIDEO RECORDINGS

Made 8th June 1988

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 23(2) of the Video Recordings Act 1984f1, I hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 39.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Video Recordings Act 1984 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1988.

(2)

This Order does not extend to Scotland.

2

In so far as the Video Recordings Act 1984 is not already in force it shall come into force on 1st September 1988.

Signature

Home Office

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

8th June 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings the Video Recordings Act 1984 into force in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, in so far as the Act is not already in force, on 1st September 1988. The Act is similarly brought into force on that date in Scotland by the Video Recordings Act 1984 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 7) Order 1988. (At the date of this Order, the Criminal Justice Bill, which inserts a new section, section 16A, in the Video Recordings Act 1984 to provide for the enforcement of that Act by officers of a Weights and Measures Authority and in Northern Ireland by officers of the Department of Economic Development, had not received Royal Assent.)