Statutory Instruments
CINEMAS AND FILMS
Made
25th July 2007
Coming into force
1st August 2007
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of July 2007
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.
2. The Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985(2) shall be amended by substituting for the Schedule the following—
| 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 | 8th November 1994 | Cm. 2992 |
| Jamaica | 23rd April 2007 | Cm. 7168 |
| New Zealand | 14th April 1993 | Cm. 2638 |
| South Africa | 24th May 2006 | Cm. 6866”. |
3. The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2006(3) is revoked.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
(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 other countries listed in the Schedule are to be treated as British films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985. This Order extends the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order to include an agreement with Jamaica of 23rd April 2007 (Cm. 7168) and removes from the list the agreements with Norway of 8th December 1982 (Cmnd. 9007) and with the Federal Republic of Germany of 30th January 1975 (Cmnd. 6155). The agreement with Jamaica was laid before Parliament on 9th July 2007 and is available from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk. This Order also revokes a previous Order which amended the Schedule to the principal Order and has now been superseded.
1985 c.21. Paragraph 4(5) was substituted by the Films (Definition of “British Film”) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/643).
S.I. 1985/960, as amended by the Order mentioned in article 3.