Statutory Instruments
CINEMAS AND FILMS
Made
19th July 2002
Laid before Parliament
22nd July 2002
Coming into force
12th August 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the Cinemas Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cinematograph (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 12th August 2002.
(3) These Regulations shall not extend to Scotland.
2.—(1) The Cinematograph (Safety) Regulations 1955(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In—
(a)regulation 4(1), for the word “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”;
(b)regulation 4(2), for the word “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”;
(c)regulation 26, for the word “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”;
(d)regulation 31(7)(a), for the word “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”;
(e)regulation 38(1), for the word “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”.
Kim Howells
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
19th July 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Cinematograph (Safety) Regulations 1955 to lower the age from twenty-one to eighteen of: (a) a licensee or a person nominated by the licensee to be responsible for the premises at all times when the public are on the premises (regulation 4 and 38(1)), (b) a person who is responsible for ensuring that electrical installations and equipment in the projection room are kept in good order (regulation 26), (c) a person in charge of and present in the projection room whenever inflammable film is being projected (regulation 31(7)(a)).