Films Act 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) Where anything purporting to have been done by or in relation to that Council was done before the passing of this Act at a time when the Council was constituted otherwise than as required by law it shall be treated as not having been rendered invalid by reason of the Council’s having been so constituted.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .any property or right of the Corporation becomes vested in the Secretary of State; orany amount is received by the Secretary of State in respect of any such property or right,(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .that the company or partnership will use its best endeavours to encourage the production of relevant films on a commercially successful basis; andthat it is willing and able to make financial facilities available to persons who wish to arrange for the production of relevant films;any copyright or share of a copyright or any licence granted under a copyright;any right in, or relating to the exploitation of, a film and not within paragraph (a) .(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(7) In this section—Schedule 1 to this Act has effect with respect to the certification by the Secretary of State of a film as a British film for the purposes of film tax relief. (1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the
- “British company” means a company incorporated under the laws of Great Britain, being a company—
- (i) over which a Commonwealth citizen has control, or two or more Commonweath citizens are together in a position to exercise control, or
- (ii) over which a company which is a British company by virtue of the preceding provisions of this definition has control, or two or more such companies or such a company and a Commonwealth citizen are together in a position to exercise control;
- “British partnership” means a limited partnership formed in accordance with the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 in which the general partner within the meaning of that Act, or (as the case may be) each of the general partners, is a British company;
- “control”, in relation to a company, means the power of a person or combination of persons to secure—
- (i) by means of the holding of shares or the possession of voting power in or in relation to that company or any other body corporate, or
- (ii) by virtue of any powers conferred by the articles of association or other document regulating that company or any other body corporate,
- “relevant film” means a film which is intended to satisfy (whether wholly or to a substantial extent) the conditions that must be satisfied under Schedule 1 to this Act for a film to be a British film for the purposes of that Schedule.
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