Kinematograph year book (1944)

Digest of Acts. 137 shall come into operation on such date, falling not earlier than twelve months after the date on which the order is made, as may be specified in the order : Provided that an order under this subsection shall not apply in relation to short films unless and until an order under the last preceding subsection is in operation. (6) Where, in the case of a film registered under this Part of this Act as a British long film and also as a renters' quota film, — (a) the total labour costs of the film amount to not less than twenty-two thousand five hundred pounds but to less than thirty-seven thousand five hundred pounds, and (b) the quotient derived from dividing the amount of the said total labour costs by the number of feet comprised in the length of the him is a sum of not less than three pounds but of less than five pounds, the film shall be registered as doubled for the purpose of renters' quota ; and where, in the case of a film registered as a British long film and also as a renters' quota film — (i) the total labour costs of the film amount to not less than thirty-seven thousand five hundred pounds, and (ii) the quotient derived from dividing the amount of the said total labour costs by the number of feet comprised in the length of the film is a sum of not less than five pounds, the film shall be registered as trebled for the purpose of renters' quota. (7) If, and to the extent that, section one of this Act has effect subject to the modification made therein by an order containing such a direction as is authorised by paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of that section, subsection (6) of this section shall have effect as if, in that subsection, for the words "trebled for the purpose of renters' quota " there were substituted the words "capable of being doubled under section three of this Act." (27) . — Power to disregard items of labour costs in certain circumstances. If, upon any application for the registration of a film under this Part of this Act, being an application in connection with which it is material to ascertain — ■ (a) the labour costs of the film, or (&) the proportion of those costs which represents payments in respect of the labour or services of persons of any particular class, it appears to the Board of Trade that any sum which, as part of those costs, is paid or payable in respect of the labour or services of any particular person is so great as not to be a bona fide payment by way of remuneration for the labour or services in question, the Board may direct that the said sum shall, as to the whole or any part of the amount thereof, be disregarded in ascertaining the said labour costs or the said proportion thereof, as the case may be. (28) . — Registration of serial films. (1) Subject to the provisions of the following subsection, an application for the registration of any part of a serial film or series of films may be entertained if three parts of the film or series have been trade-shown. (2) The Board of Trade, after consulting the Cinematograph Films Council and considering its advice in the matter, may by order direct that the preceding subsection shall not apply in relation to any such application for registration as aforesaid which may be made during the continuance in force of the order ; and any order under this subsection may be revoked by a subsequent order of the Board. (3) If an order is made under the last preceding subsection, any provision contained in Part II of this Act which qualifies, in relation to any serial film or series of films, a restriction imposed by that Part of this Act shall operate so as to qualify that restriction in relation only to the exhibition of such parts (if any) of a serial film or series of films as are not the subject of applications for registration made during the continuance in force of the order. (29) . — Prohibition of registration of film exhibited or registered before commencement of Act. A film which has been exhibited in Great Britain to the public before the commencement of this Act (other than a film which was first so exhibited after the end of September nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and is a film to which the Act of 1927 applies) shall not be registered after the commencement of this Act, and a film which has been duly registered under Part II of the Act of 1927 shall not b* registered under this Part of this Act : Provided that for the purposes of this section a film shall not be taken to have been exhibited to the public by reason only that the film has been trade-shown. (30) . — Corrections of register. If, at any time after the registration of a film, the Board of Trade, upon making any such enquiries as they think desirable, are satisfied that the film either ought not to have been registered or is incorrectly registered in any particular, they shall cause the necessary deletion or correction to be made in the register and, if the Board think proper, issue to the maker of the film, or, if the film has been acquired by a renter for distribution in Great Britain, issue to the renter, a certificate of registration to take the place of any such certificate previously issued in respect of tbe film ; but the Board, if in any particular case they think fit so to do, may direct that, for the purpose of any of the provisions of Part I of this Act relating to renters' quotas and exhibitors' quotas, the film shall, to such extent as may be specified in the direction, be treated as if the deletion or correction in the register had not been made.