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Repeal and revive provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Repeal and revival of provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984 |
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(1) | On the commencement of this Act, sections 1 to 17, 19, 21 and 22 of the Video |
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Recordings Act 1984 (regulation of the distribution of video recordings)— |
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(a) | cease to be in force, and |
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(b) | having been notified to the European Commission in accordance with |
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the Technical Standards Directive on 10 September 2009, come into |
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force again by virtue of this subsection. |
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(2) | In subsection (1) “the Technical Standards Directive” means Directive 98/34/ |
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EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down |
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a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards |
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(3) | The Schedule to this Act contains transitional provision. |
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2 | Short title, commencement and extent |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Video Recordings Act 2010. |
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(2) | This Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed. |
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(3) | This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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1 | In this Schedule “a relevant provision” of the Video Recordings Act 1984 |
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means provision contained in any of sections 1 to 17, 19, 21 and 22 of that |
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References to enactments etc |
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2 (1) | References (however expressed) to a relevant provision of the Video |
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Recordings Act 1984, whether in that Act or in any other enactment, |
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instrument or document, have effect in relation to times after the |
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commencement of this Act as references to that provision as it has effect by |
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(2) | Nothing in this Act affects the operation or exercise in relation to the Video |
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Recordings Act 1984 (or a relevant provision of that Act) of— |
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(a) | an enactment that operates in relation to Acts passed before or in the |
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same Session as that enactment (or in relation to provision contained |
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(b) | a power conferred by an enactment that is exercisable in relation to |
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Acts passed before or in the same Session as the enactment |
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conferring the power (or in relation to provision contained in such |
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(3) | “Enactment” includes an enactment contained in an Act of the Scottish |
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Parliament, Northern Ireland legislation or a Measure of the National |
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Savings for action taken under the Video Recordings Act 1984 |
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3 (1) | Where anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) has been made, issued, |
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assigned or given (and not revoked, withdrawn or cancelled) before the |
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commencement of this Act, it has effect in relation to times after the |
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commencement of this Act as if made, issued, assigned or given under the |
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Video Recordings Act 1984 as it has effect by virtue of this Act. |
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(a) | a designation under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 |
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(person to be authority responsible for making arrangements |
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referred to in that section), |
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(b) | arrangements and determinations made, and classification |
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certificates issued and titles assigned, by the designated authority in |
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accordance with that Act, |
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(c) | an approval of tariffs by the Secretary of State for the purposes of |
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section 4(5) of that Act, and |
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(d) | an order under section 4B of that Act (power to review certain |
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(3) | Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the date on which anything mentioned in |
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paragraphs (a) to (d) of sub-paragraph (2) is treated as having been made, |
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issued, assigned or given. |
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Power to enable designated authority to review certain determinations |
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4 | The reference in section 4B(1) of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (power to |
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enable designated authority to review certain determinations) to the coming |
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into force of section 4A of that Act is to be treated as a reference to 3 |
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November 1994 (date on which section 4A first came into force). |
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5 | For the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act |
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2008 (civil sanctions), the offences in sections 9 to 14 of the Video Recordings |
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Act 1984, as they have effect by virtue of this Act, are to be treated as having |
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been contained in those sections immediately before the day on which the |
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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 was passed. |
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6 | Nothing in this Act affects the extent or application of a relevant provision. |
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