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The Video Recordings (Labelling) Regulations 2012

Consolidated Text Cited authorities 16 Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2012/1767
Year2012
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Video Recordings (Labelling) Regulations 2012 and they come in to force on 30
    • “the Act” means the Video Recordings Act 1984;“double-sided disc” means a disc containing on both faces the information by the use of which the whole or part of the video work may be produced;“unique title” means the title assigned to a video work under section 4(1) (b) (ia) of the Act;“case” means the case or cover in which a video recording is kept; and any reference to a case includes the case or cover in which a spool may be kept;“spool” means the device or article on which a magnetic tape is wound in order to be produced as a video recording but it does not mean the case or covering in which the spool may be kept;the “video works authority” and the “video games authority” are the persons designated by the Secretary of State under section 4 and 4ZA of the Act, as the authority responsible for making arrangements for the matters specified in that Act regarding video works and video games respectively;A “pre-commencement classification document” means a document issued by the video works authority or the video games authority prior to the coming into force date of these Regulations that contains the title of a video game and a statement that the video game concerned is only suitable for viewing by persons who have attained the age specified in the document (not being less than twelve years) .(2) A reference in these Regulations to a face of a case in which a video recording is kept is a reference to the outer face of such a case.
  • Where under these Regulations the classification symbol, the classification icon, the unique title or the explanatory statement, or any combination of them, is or are required to be shown, it or they shall be clearly legible and indelible and no part of it or them shall be hidden or obscured by any other written or pictorial matter or by any other sign or label.
  • Where under these Regulations the classification symbol, the classification icon or the explanatory statement is or are required to be shown on a case in which a video recording is kept, it or they shall be shown in such manner as it remains, or they remain, clearly visible where that case is kept in a cover or covering.
  • Where under these Regulations the classification symbol, the classification icon, the unique title or the explanatory statement, or any combination of them, is or are required to be shown it or they shall be shown by means of a label affixed to, or a marking on, the video recording which satisfies the requirements of these Regulations and any other requirements relating to the labelling of video recordings as may be determined by the authority, or authorities, responsible for making arrangements under section 4 of the Act.
  • Where under these Regulations the explanatory statement and the classification symbol are required to be shown together on the same face of a case in which a video recording is kept, the symbol and the explanatory statement shall be shown within a single rectangular shaped frame.
  • Where under these Regulations the classification symbol and classification icon are required to be shown together on the same face of a case in which a video game is kept, the symbol and the icon shall be shown within a single rectangular shaped frame.
  • where a video recording contains more than one video work and all or some of those works are works in respect of which classification certificates which are equally restrictive have been issued, those video works shall be taken to be one video work containing any one of them;
  • Where a video recording contains more than one video work in respect of which classification certificates which are not equally restrictive have been issued, the video recording shall be taken to contain only the most restrictively classified video work of those works; and
  • Where one or more video recordings are placed within a single case and those video recordings contain video works in respect of which classification certificates which are not equally restrictive have been issued, the indication required on the case is only that which applies by virtue of these Regulations to the most restrictively classified video work contained within that case.
    • contain an identical statement made within section 7(2) (b) of the Act;contain an identical statement made within section 7(2) (c) of the Act;contain a statement made within section 7(2) (a) of the Act with or without including advice as to the particular suitability of the work for viewing by children; orcontain a statement made within section 7(2) (a) of the Act with advice as to the desirability of parental guidance with regard to the viewing of the work by young children.“the most restrictively classified video work” means the work in respect of which the classification certificate issued in respect of it contains the most restrictive statement.The statements mentioned within sub-paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c) of section 7(2) of the Act are to be regarded as progressively more restrictive so that a statement within sub-paragraph (a) is the least restrictive and the statement within sub-paragraph (c) is the most restrictive;A statement within sub-paragraph (a) of section 7(2) of the Act which includes advice as to the desirability of parental guidance with regard to the viewing of the video work by young children is to be

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