The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 1921

CINEMA AND FILMS

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2006

Made

19th July 2006

Coming into force

20th July 2006

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of July 2006

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 order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 20th July 2006.

Amendment to the Films Co-production Agreements Order 1985

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	8th November 1994	Cm. 2992
Federal Republic of Germany	30th January 1975	Cmnd. 6155
New Zealand	14th April 1993	Cm.2638
Norway	8th December 1982	Cmnd. 9007
South Africa	24th May 2006	Cm. 6866.”

Revocations

3.  The following Orders are hereby revoked—

(a) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1985(3);

(b) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1990(4);

(c) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1991(5);

(d) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1993(6);

(e) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 1994(7);

(f) the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2000(8).

A.K. Galloway

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 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 South Africa of 24th May 2006 (Cm. 6866) and removes from the list the agreements with Italy of 30th September 1967 (Cmnd. 3573) and 5th May 1998 (Cm. 4029) which have been terminated. The agreement with South Africa was laid before Parliament on 23rd June 2006 and is available from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk. This Order also revokes previous Orders which amended the Schedule to principal Order and have now been superseded.

(1)

1985 c. 21. Paragraph 4(5) was repealed and re-enacted as paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 by S.I. 1999/2386. Paragraph 4(7) was repealed and re-enacted as paragraph 4(5) by the Films (Definition of “British Film”) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/643).

(2)

S.1. 1985/960, as amended by the Orders listed in article 3.

(3)

S.I. 1985/2001.

(4)

S.I. 1990/1513.

(5)

S.I. 1991/1725.

(6)

S.I. 1993/1805.

(7)

S.I. 1994/3222.

(8)

S.I. 2000/740.