UKPGA-1993-24 — Video Recordings Act 1993

preamble

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

s. 1 — Titles to be assigned to video works for identification purposes.

s. 1(1)

In subsection (1) of section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (arrangements for classification of video works), in paragraph (b) before sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—.

s. 1(2)

In paragraph (c) of that subsection the words from “including” to the end shall be omitted and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—

s. 1(3)

In subsection (2) of section 7 of that Act (contents of classification certificate), after the words “must contain” there shall be inserted “ the title assigned to the video work in accordance with section 4(1)(b)(ia) of this Act and. ”

s. 2 — General defence to offences under the 1984 Act.

After section 14 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 there shall be inserted the following section—

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s. 4 — Extension of procedure for evidence by certificate.

In section 19 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (evidence by certificate) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

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s. 6 — Short title, commencement and extent.

s. 6(1)

This Act may be cited as the Video Recordings Act 1993.

s. 6(2)

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

s. 6(3)

Section 5 above extends to Scotland only.

s. 6(4)

This Act (apart from section 5) extends to Northern Ireland.