2015 No. 1886

Cinemas And Films

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2015

Made

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th November 2015

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 19851, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2015 and shall come into force on 12th November 2015.

Amendment to the Films Co-Production Agreements Order 19852

For the Schedule to the Films Co-Production Agreements Order 19852 substitute the following—

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Country/International Organisation/Authority

Date of Agreement

Command Paper

Australia

12th June 1990

Cm. 1758

Brazil

28th September 2012

Cm. 9075

Canada

12th September 1975

Cmnd. 6380

9th July 1985

Cmnd. 9887

5th July 1991

Cm. 1807

China

20th April 2014

Cm. 8877

France

8th November 1994

Cm. 2992

India

5th December 2005

Cm.7423

Israel

3rd November 2010

Cm. 7994

Jamaica

23rd April 2007

Cm. 7168

Morocco

12th October 2009

Cm. 7670

New Zealand

14th April 1993

Cm 2638

Palestinian Liberation Organisation for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority

3rd November 2010

Cm. 7995

South Africa

24th May 2006

Cm. 6866

Revocation3

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 20143 is revoked.

Richard TilbrookClerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 provides that Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for films to be treated as British films for the purposes of that Schedule if they are made in accordance with the terms of any agreement between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and any other government, international organisation or authority.

This Order amends the Films Co-Production Agreements Order 1985 (“the principal Order”) by substituting a new Schedule to the principal Order to include an agreement with Brazil made on 28th September 2012 available from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office.

This Order also revokes a previous Order which amended the Schedule to the principal Order and has now been superseded. No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument because no significant impact on businesses, civil society organisations or the public sector is foreseen.