The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1805

CINEMAS AND FILMS

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1993

Made

20th July 1993

Coming into force

10th August 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of July 1993

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 6(1) of, and paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to, the Films Act 1985(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to provide, and it is hereby provided, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 10th August 1993.

2.  The Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985(2), shall be amended by substituting for the Schedule the following—

“SCHEDULE

Country	Date of Agreement	Command Paper
Australia	12th June 1990	Cm. 1758
Canada	12th September 1975	Cmnd. 6380
	9th July 1985	Cmnd. 9887
	5th July 1991	Cm. 1807
France	21st September 1965	Cmnd. 2898
	3rd May 1967	Cmnd. 3349
Federal Republic of Germany	30th January 1975	Cmnd. 6155
Italy	30th September 1967	Cmnd. 3573
New Zealand	14th April 1993	Cm. 2193
Norway	8th December 1982	Cmnd. 9007”

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985 (“the principal Order”) provides that films made in accordance with the agreements between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Governments of the countries listed in the Schedule, as substituted by S.I.1991/1725, are to be treated as British Films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 (Certification for the purposes of section 68 of the Capital Allowances Act 1990 in case of British Films).The present Order extends the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order to include an agreement with New Zealand of 14th April 1993 (Cm.2193).

(1)

1985 c. 21; section 6(1) and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 were amended by the Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1), section 164 and Schedule 1, paragraph 6.

(2)

S.I. 1985/960, as amended by S.I. 1985/2001, 1990/1513, 1991/1725.