Kinematograph year book (1950)

Cinematograph Films Act, 1948. 579 " registration " means registration under that Part of this Act ; 'registered" means registered either under Part III of this Act or under Part II of the Act of 1927 ; 'registered length," in relation to a film, means the length of the film as registered for the time being ; ' renter " means a person who carries on the business of distributing cinematograph films to exhibitors; ' renter's licence " means, in relation to any person, a licence under Part I of this Act authorising him to carry on business as a renter ; ' renters' licensing year " means a period of twelve months beginning on the first day of April in any year and ending before the expiry of section one of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1948 ; ' serial film or series of films " means a serial film or series of films consisting of a number of parts not exceeding thirteen, each of which does not exceed two thousand feet in length, and which are intended to be exhibited on successive dates at intervals not exceeding fourteen days ; ' short film " means a film the length of which is less than three thousand feet ; ' studio " means a building constructed or adapted for the purpose of making films therein, and includes any land occupied with such a building, and a studio shall be deemed to be used in making a film if any part of that film, or of any other film used in making it, consists of photographs taken in that studio ; and " studio scenes " shall be construed accordingly ; 1 theatre " means any premises used for the exhibition of films to the public, except the expression shall not, in relation to any year : — (a) be construed as including any church, chapel or other place of religious worship, or any hall or other premises used in connection with, and for the purposes of, any church, chapel or other such place as aforesaid, if the number of days on which registered films are exhibited in that year at the church, chapel, place, hall or premises (exclusive of any exhibition forming part of a religious service) does not exceed six, or {b) be construed as including any premises used in that year for providing entertainments at which the exhibition of films is only part of the programme, if the total length of the registered film or films exhibited in the course of any one of those entertainments does not exceed two thousand feet ; ' trade-shown," in relation to a film, means : — (a) displayed within the administrative county of London to exhibitors or their agents in a building, and under conditions, allowing for the satisfactory viewing of the film, after announcement to such persons at least seven days before the display, the display not being open to any member of the public on payment, or (6) displayed to exhibitors or their agents on one occasion on which the film is exhibited to the public at a theatre in Great Britain during the first four consecutive days on which the film is so exhibited, the display taking place after announcement to such persons at least seven days before the display. (4) Any reference in this Act to distributing, or the distribution of, a film shall be construed as a reference to distributing, or the distribution of, the film to exhibitors for public exhibition. (5) For the purposes of this Act, the making of a film shall be deemed not to include the production of blank film or of positives intended for public exhibition, or the production of negatives by means of any process used for making copies of negatives. In this subsection the expressions " blank film," " positives " and " negatives " have the same meanings respectively as in section three of the Finance Act, 1925. (6) For the purposes of this Act and of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1948 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 36), registered films shall be deemed to be exhibited at more than one theatre at the same time if any part of the period during which any one registered film is exhibited at a theatre coincides with any part of the period during which any one registered film is exhibited at another theatre. (7) For the purposes of this Act and of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1948, each part of a serial film or series of films shall be deemed to be a separate film. (8) Any reference in this Act to His Majesty's dominions shall be construed as including a reference to any British protectorate, and to any such territory, being a territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations is being exercised by His Majesty, as His Majesty may designate by Order in Council. Any Order in Council under this subsection may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council. 45. — Transitional provisions. (6) The sum by which the aggregate amount produced up to the commencement of this act by the fees charged under the Act of 1927 exceeds the expenses incidental to the carrying out of that Act up to the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to form part of the amount produced by the fees chargeable under this Act. 46. — Short title, commencement and extent. (1) This Act may be cited as the Cinematograph Films Act, 1938. (2) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. (3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland ; and for the purposes of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67), the enactment of legislation for purposes similar to the purposes of this Act or of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1948, shall be deemed not to be beyond the powers of the Parliament of Northern Ireland by reason only that such legislation may affect trade with places outside Northern Ireland. Maximum Fees. £ s. On an application for the registration of a film 2 2 On an application for a renter's licence ... 5 5 On an application for an exhibitor's licence \ . .... ... . ... 2. 2 T2