Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1976)

ALBERTA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION Alberta Amusement Act (18) Volume One, Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970 Licenses, Moving Picture Operators, Censorship of Moving Pictures. Fire Prevention Act (144) Volume Two Statutes of Alberta 1957 Theatres and Halls ALBERTA AMUSEMENT TAXES Effective April 1, 1959, the Provincial Amusements Tax was abolished. ALBERTA THEATRE LICENSE FEES Imposed Under The Amusements Act 2. In the case of theatre or place of amusement used for the exhibition of moving pictures, an annual licence fee shall be payable in advance as follows: (a) In every incorporated city having a population exceeding ten thousand: (1) Where the seating capacity exceeds fifteen hundred............ $400 (2) Where the seating capacity exceeds one thousand but does not exceed fifteen hundred .............. 300 (3) Where the seating capacity exceeds six hundred and fifty but does not exceed one thousand ......... 200 (4) Where the seating capacity does not exceed six hundred and fifty . 100 (b) In an incorporated city having a population of ten thousand or less and in any incorporated town or village irrespective of population: (1) Where the seating capacity exceeds six hundred and fifty........ $100 (2) Where the seating capacity exceeds three hundred but does not exceed six hundred and fifty ........... 40 (3) Where the seating capacity does not exceed three hundred. ..... 25 (c) In a hamlet or rural district: (1) Where the seating capacity exceeds two hundred.............. $ 15 (2) Where the seating capacity exceeds One hundred and fifty but does not exceed two hundred.......... 10 (3) Where the seating capacity does not exceed one hundred and fifty. 5 CENSORSHIP Alberta Motion Picture Censor Branch Room 1505 CN Tower 10004 — 104 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J OK5 424-0378 Honourable Minister. Horst. D. Schmid, 106 Direcotr of Amusements branch and Chairman of the Board is Owen G. Hooper. Censorship Fees 35mm: $4 per 1,000 feet or fraction thereof. Second and third prints: $3 per 1,000 feet or fraction thereof. Fourth and subsequent prints $1 per 1,000 feet or fraction thereof. Trailers: $1 each. 16mm: $2 for each 400 feet or fraction thereof. Additional prints: $1 for each 400 feet or fraction thereof. Exchange Licences Exchange licenses are issued by the Amusements Branch of the Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation in Edmonton and the annual fees are $250 for 35mm and 16mm, and $100 for 16mm only. Theatres Branch 7th Floor, 1.B.M. Building 10808 — 99 Avenue T5K OG5 229-3325 Operates under Department of Manpower and Labour. Inspector of Theatres, A.F. Thomas PROV. GOV’T FILM UNITS Alberta Public Affairs Bureau 9945 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1G8 Minister: Honourable Don Getty Assistant Deputy Minister: W.E. Payne Director Technical Services: T. Tinkler Motion Picture Photographers: R.A. Green, R.R. Albert Still Cameramen: W.M. Petley-Jones, R.H. Flowers, H.D. Sinclair, R. Matula Colour Lab Technicians: V.L. Modin, R. Cho Black & White Lab Technician: M. Bodnarchuk Negative Library: B. Repchuk, J. Read Film Librarians: S. Markiw, S. Lepage SASKATCHEWAN Saskatchewan Theatres and Cinematographs Act Revised Statutes of Saskatchean 1968 Ch. 76 Theatres, Projectionists, Censors. SASKATCHEWAN AMUSEMENT TAXES Amusement tax is on a local option basis, with municipalities applying their own. SASKATCHEWAN THEATRE LICENCE FEES Imposed Under The Theatres and Cinematographs Act In cities the annual fee payable for every theatre licence shall be: (a) $50.00 when the population of the city is 10,000 or over; (b) $20.00 when the population of the city is less than 10,000. In towns, villages or hamlets the annual fee payable for every theatre licence shall be $10.00. In villages and rural municipalities, the director may issue to the applicant for a theatre licence, a licence covering a period of 3 months for each of any of the periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31 in each year, and the fee payable for each of such quarterly licences shall be onequarter of the fee payable for an annual licence. In cities and towns, the director may issue, to the applicant for a theatre licence, a licence covering a period of 6 months for each of the periods ending June 30 and December 31 in each year, and the fee payable for each of such periods shall be onehalf of the fee payable for an annual licence. Where an annual licence is issued after the first day of January in any year and for a period not less than three months, the applicant therefore shall be charged such proportion only of the licence fee as the number of days remaining between the date of his licence and the 31st day of December bears to the licence fee for the whole year. No rebate shall be allowed if the applicant for a licence has permitted public performances or other entertainments to be held in the theatre for. which the licence is required, prior to the date of his provincial licence. In the case of a building only occasionally used as a theatre or in the case of a special occasions licence, the licence fee of $2.00 per day or $10.00 per week, DRIVE-IN THEATRES For each drive-in theatre situated: (a) within a radius of 10 miles of any city having a population of 10,000 or over, the licence fee payable shall be $10.00 per month or a maximum of $50.00 per season; (b) within a radius of 10 miles of any city having a population of less than 10,000, the licence fee payable shall be $4.00 per month or a maximum of $20.00 per season;