§ Mr. H. WilsonI beg to move, in page 8, line 18, at the end, to insert:
and for the words 'that year,' there shall be substituted the words 'that period'.
§ This is consequential.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendments made: In line 27, at end, insert:
In subsection (4), for the word 'year,' there shall be substituted the words 'quota period'.
In subsection (7), for the words 'the year,' there shall be substituted the words 'the quota period,' and for the words 'that year.' there shall be substituted the words 'that period'."—[Mr. Wilson.]
§ In page 9, line 50, after second "period," insert "and."—[Mr. Belcher.]
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§ Mr. WilsonI beg to move, in page 10. to leave out lines 5 to 9, and to insert:
After subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—'(2A) Any exhibitor who, in any quota period, exhibits as aforesaid films registered as long films shall, in addition to the matters required by the last foregoing subsection to be recorded by him, keep records of the rental paid or payable in respect of each such film so exhibited.'In subsection (3), after the word 'by, in the first place where that word occurs, there shall be inserted the words' subsection (2) of.' and after the word 'book,' in the second and third places where that word occurs, there shall be inserted the words' or records'.The effect of this Amendment is to make it unnecessary for the exhibitor to record the rental paid for his long films in the record book which he has to keep at his theatre, as long as he records it somewhere. This was raised by my hon. Friend 725 the Member for East Islington (Mr. E. Fletcher) on the Committee stage. As I aid then, these records must be kept somewhere, because the amount of rental determines which of two long films shown in the same programme is to be shown as the first feature. If no record was kept, and a first feature film was shown as a second feature, it would not be possible to convict the exhibitor as having knowingly made a false return. However, as a matter of convenience on the circuits, whether large or small, we felt it was not essential to require them to keep the records at each theatre.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. BelcherI beg to move, in page 13, line 16, at the end, to insert:
for the word 'year,' in every subsequent place where that word occurs, there shall be substituted the word 'period'.This, and the remaining Amendments on the Order Paper, are consequential.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendments made:
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In line 27, at end, insert:
and for the word 'year,' there shall be substituted the words 'quota period'.
§ In line 43, leave out "nineteen," and insert "twenty-two."
§ In line 46, leave out "five," and insert "seven."
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In line 48, after "four," insert:
in paragraph (d) for the word 'four,' there shall be substituted the word 'five,' and at the end of the said paragraph there shall be inserted the words 'of whom one shall be appointed as representing exhibitors in Scotland'.
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In line 50, at end, insert:
and after the word 'makers,' there shall be inserted the words 'renters or exhibitors'.
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In page 14, line 8, at end, insert:
In subsection (8), the words 'consisting of such members of the Council as it may determine,' shall be omitted.
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In line 24, at end, insert:
and includes the year ending on the thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and forty-eight."—[Mr. Belcher.]