Films Act 1960
Act
ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom
Year1960
Citation8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 57
Territorial extent[a]
Royal assent29 July 1960
Commencement1 January 1961[b]
Repeal date23 May 1985
ReplacesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealing legislationFilms Act 1985
StatusRepealed
Original texthttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/57/contents/enacted
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The Films Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 57) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the regulation of the British film industry in England and Wales and Scotland.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 51(1) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in that section.[2]

CitationShort titleExtent of repeal
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 17Cinematograph Films Act 1938The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 23Cinematograph Films Act 1948The whole act.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 14Cinematograph Films Act 1960The whole act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 7(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the Films Act 1985, which came into force on 23 May 1985.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 52(4).
  2. ^ Section 52(2).

References

  1. ^ Dickinson, Margaret & Street, Sarah (1985). Cinema and State: The Film Industry and the British Government, 1927–84. London: British Film Institute.
  2. ^ "57" (act). Eliz2/8-9.
  3. ^ "21" (act). 1985.