The Cinemas (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1991 No. 1462 — creates 3 criminal offences.

Made

26 June 1991

In force from

27 August 1991

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order re-enacts, with amendments, the Cinematograph Acts (Northern Ireland) 1909 and 1959, relating to the licensing of premises for film exhibitions. The principal amendments are the extension of the definition of film exhibition, the exclusion of exhibitions promoted for private gain from certain exemptions, a revision of the procedure for application for licences, the regulation of exhibitions on Sundays, the extension of the powers of entry and seizure and the increase in penalties for offences.

Offences created by this instrument

• Exhibitions on Sundays article 11(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• If— a any premises in respect of which a licence under Article 3 is not in force are used for an exhibition which… article 12(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Powers of entry article 15(7) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1991