13 Supply of video recording not complying with requirementsas to labels, etc.U.K.
[F1(1)A person who supplies or offers to supply a video recording or any spool, case or other thing on or in which the recording is kept which does not satisfy any requirement imposed by regulations under section 8 of this Act is guilty of an offence unless
[F2(a)the video work is an exempted work, or
(b)the supply is, or would if it took place be, an exempted supply.]
(2)It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under this section to prove that the accused—
[F3(za)believed on reasonable grounds that the video work concerned or, if the video recording contained more than one work to which the charge relates, each of those works was an exempted work,]
(a)believed on reasonable grounds that the supply was, or would if it took place be, an exempted supply by virtue of section 3(4) or (5) of this Act, or
(b)neither knew nor had reasonable grounds to believe that the recording, spool, case or other thing (as the case may be) did not satisfy the requirement concerned.
[F4(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-17 repealed and revived (21.1.2010) by Video Recordings Act 2010 (c. 1), ss. 1(1), 2(2) (with Sch. paras. 2(2), 6)
F2Words in s. 13(1) inserted (1.5.2012) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), s. 47(3)(c), Sch. 1 para. 8(2); S.I. 2012/1164, art. 2(b)
F3S. 13(2)(za) inserted (1.5.2012) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), s. 47(3)(c), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.I. 2012/1164, art. 2(b)
F4S. 13(3) inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 52(2); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2, Sch. 1