Video Recordings Act 2010
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
1 Repeal and revival of provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984
2 Short title, commencement and extent
Schedule — Transitional provisionELIZABETH II c. 1
Video Recordings Act 2010
2010 CHAPTER 1
An Act to repeal and revive provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
[21st January 2010]
E IT ENACTED  by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the  authority of the same, as follows:— 
1 Repeal and revival of provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984
(1) On the commencement of this Act, sections 1 to  17, 19, 21 and 22 of the Video
Recordings Act 1984 (regulation of the distribution of video recordings)—
(a) cease to be in force, and
(b) having been notified to the European  Commission in accordance with
the Technical Standards Directive on 10 Se ptember 2009, come into
force again by virtue of this subsection.
(2) In subsection (1) “the Technical Standards Directive” means Dir ective 98/34/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying downa procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standardsand regulations.
(3) The Schedule to this Act contains transitional provision.
2 Short title, commencement and extent
(1) This Act may be cited as the Video Recordings Act 2010.
(2) This Act comes into force on the  day on which it is passed.
(3) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.BVideo Recordings Act 2010 (c. 1)
Schedule — Transitional provision2
SCHEDULE Section 1
TRANSITIONAL  PROVISION
“Relevant provisions”
1 In this Schedule “a relevant provision” of the Video Recordings Act 1984
means provision contained in any of sections 1 to 17, 19, 21 and 22 of thatAct.
References to enactments etc
2 (1) References (however expressed) to a rele vant provision  of the Video
Recordings Act 1984, whether in th at Act or in any other enactment,
instrument or doc ument, have effect in relation to times after the
commencement of this Act as references to that provision as it has effect byvirtue of this Act.
(2) Nothing in this Act affects the operation or exer cise in relation to the Video
Recordings Act 1984 (or a relev ant provision of that Act) of—
(a) an enactment that operates in relation to Ac ts passed before or in the
same Session as that enactment (or in relation to provision containedin such Acts), or
(b) a power conferred by an enactme nt that is exercisable in relation to
A c t s  p a s s e d  b e f o r e  o r  i n  t h e  s a m e  S e s s i o n  a s  t h e  e n a c t m e n tconferring the power (or in relation to provision contained in suchActs).
(3) “Enactment” includes an enactment contained in an Act of the Scottish
Parliament, Northern Ireland legislation or a Measure of the National
Assembly for Wales.
Savings for action taken under the Video Recordings Act 1984
3 (1) Where anything men tioned in sub-paragraph (2) has been made, issued,
assigned or given (and not revoked, withdrawn or cancelled) before thecommencement of this Act, it has  effect in relation to times after the
commencement of this Act as if made, issued, assigned or gi ven under the
Video Recordings Act 1984 as it has effect by virtue of this Act.
(2) Those things are—
(a) a designation under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984
(person to be authority responsible for making arrangementsreferred to in that section),
(b) arrangements and determinations made, and classification
certificates issued and titles assigned, by the designated authority inaccordance with that Act,
(c) an approval of tariffs by the Secretary of State for the purposes of
section 4(5) of that Act, andVideo Recordings Act 2010 (c. 1)
Schedule — Transitional provision3
(d) an order under section 4B of that Act (power to review certain
determinations).
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the date on which anything mentioned in
paragraphs (a) to (d) of sub-paragraph (2) is treated as having been made,
issued, assigned or given.
Power to enable designated author ity to review certain determinations
4 The reference in section 4B(1) of th e Video Recordings Act 1984 (power to
enable designated authority to review certain determinations) to the cominginto force of section 4A of th at Act is to be treated as a reference to 3
November 1994 (date on which section 4A first came into force).
Civil sanctions
5 For the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act
2008 (civil sanctions), the offences in section s 9 to 14 of the Video Recordings
Act 1984, as they have effect by virtue of this Act, are to be treated as havingbeen contained in those sections immediately before the day on which theRegulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 was passed.
Extent and application
6 Nothing in this Act affects the extent or application of a relevant provision.
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