§ Amendments made: No. 15, in page 3, line 5, after 'any', insert 'significant'.
§ No. 16, in page 3, line 5, leave out 'or otherwise deal with'.
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No. 17, in page 3, line 8, leave out from 'any' to end of line 10 and insert
'significant extent to stimulate or encourage anything falling within paragraph (a) of that subsection or, in the case of anything falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection, is not designed to any extent to do so.'.—[Mr. Bright.]
§ Mr. BrightI beg to move amendment No.18, in page 3, leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert—
'(9) The supply of a video recording for the purpose of submitting a video work contained in the recording for the issue of a classification certificate is an exempted supply.'I point out that amendment numbers 39, 40, 41, 47, 53 and 54 are consequential to this amendment.Under clause 3(9), as presently drafted, the supply of a video recording to the designated authority is an exempted supply. The House will be aware, however, that under clause 4 the designated authority is responsible for making arrangements for the classification of video works. It will not necessarily be the designated authority which will be classifying the works. Indeed, my right hon. and learned Friend intends to designate the principal officers of the British Board of Film Censors as the designated." authority, but it will be the board's examiners who undertake the classification process. It would be better, therefore, if the scope of the exempted supply which relates to the seeking of a classification certificate reflected this.
Moreover, clause 3(9), as presently drafted, does not exempt a supply to the classifiers by way of a third party, such as a trade association. Amendment No. 18, therefore, seeks to avoid any possible difficulty by recasting, clause 3(9) to provide that the supply of a video recording for the purpose of submitting a video work contained in the recording for the issue of a classification certificate is an exempted supply.
§ Mr. LawrenceWhy is it necessary to have subsection (9)? Is the matter not covered by clause' 3(2)?
§ Mr. BrightI am advised not, by the legal advisers.
§ Amendment agreed to.