The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2006
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of July 2006
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Citation and commencement1.
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 19852.
“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.”
Revocations3.
The following Orders are hereby revoked—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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 This Order also revokes previous Orders which amended the Schedule to principal Order and have now been superseded.