The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Corporation Tax Act 2009;

“cast” means the actors and performers in a drama or animation, but not any extras;

“heads of department” has the meaning given by paragraph (2);

“participant” means a presenter, narrator, subject, or any other person who both participates and appears in a documentary [F1 or a children’s programme];

“production crew” means all the persons directly involved in the production of a programme who do not appear in the programme;

“programme” means a drama M1 , a documentary[F2 , an animation or a children’s programme] which is a relevant programme M2 ;

“qualifying person” means a national of, or a person ordinarily resident in, [F3 the United Kingdom or] an EEA state;

“recognised regional or minority language” means Welsh, Scottish-Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Ulster Scots, Cornish or British Sign Language;

“special effects” means artificial techniques or processes, which are not visual effects, used to create an illusion in a programme; and

“visual effects” means digital alterations to a programme's images.

(2) “Heads of department” means—

(a) in relation to a drama, lead cinematographer, lead production designer, lead costume designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor and lead hair and makeup supervisor;

(b) in relation to a documentary, lead camera operator, lead sound recordist, lead editor and lead researcher;

(c) in relation to an animation, lead layout supervisor, lead production designer, lead character designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor and lead modelling supervisor[F4 ; and

(d) in relation to a children’s programme, lead cinematographer, lead production designer, lead costume designer, lead editor, lead sound designer, lead visual effects supervisor, lead hair and makeup supervisor and lead researcher].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (23.7.2015) by The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1449), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 2)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (23.7.2015) by The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1449), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 2)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Cultural Tests (Films, Television Programmes and Video Games) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1105), regs. 1, 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Reg. 2(2)(d) and word inserted (23.7.2015) by The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1449), regs. 1, 4(2)(b) (with reg. 2)

Marginal Citations

M1 “Drama” is defined in section 1216AC(2) of the Act.

M2 “Relevant programme” is defined in section 1216AB of the Act.