{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/video-recordings-labelling-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/video-recordings-labelling-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1767",
  "legislation_title": "The Video Recordings (Labelling) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/video-recordings-labelling-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n(a) “the Act” means the Video Recordings Act 1984;\n(b) “double-sided disc” means a disc containing on both faces the information by the use of which the whole or part of the video work may be produced;\n(c) “unique title” means the title assigned to a video work under section 4(1)(b)(ia) of the Act;\n(d) “case” means the case or cover in which a video recording is kept; and any reference to a case includes the case or cover in which a spool may be kept;\n(e) “spool” means the device or article on which a magnetic tape is wound in order to be produced as a video recording but it does not mean the case or covering in which the spool may be kept;\n(f) the “video works authority” and the “video games authority” are the persons designated by the Secretary of State under section 4 and 4ZA of the Act, as the authority responsible for making arrangements for the matters specified in that Act regarding video works and video games respectively;\n(g) A “pre-commencement classification document” means a document issued by the video works authority or the video games authority prior to the coming into force date of these Regulations that contains the title of a video game and a statement that the video game concerned is only suitable for viewing by persons who have attained the age specified in the document (not being less than twelve years).\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to a face of a case in which a video recording is kept is a reference to the outer face of such a case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1767/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:26:22.276824+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}