Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 740

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 740

CINEMA AND FILMS

The Films Co-Production Agreements (Amendment) Order 2000

	Made	15th March 2000
	Coming into force	13th April 2000

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 2000
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by paragraph 4(7) 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 2000 and shall come into force on 13th April 2000.

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
Italy	30th September 1967	Cmnd. 3573
	5th May 1998	Cm. 4029
New Zealand	14th April 1993	Cm. 2638
Norway	8th December 1982	Cmnd. 9007"

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, as substituted by S.I. 1994/3222, are to be treated as British Films for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985. The present Order corrects the Command Paper reference in the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order for an agreement with France of 8th November 1994 (Cm. 2992) and extends the list of agreements scheduled to the principal Order to include an agreement with Italy of 5th May 1998 (Cm. 4029).

Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 21. Paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 was repealed and re-enacted as paragraph 4(7) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 by the Films (Modification of the Definition of "British Film") Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2386).back

[2] S.I. 1985/960, as amended by S.I. 1985/2001, 1990/1513, 1991/1725, 1993/1805 and 1994/3222.back

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