Definitions and interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “adult sex film” means a film that has, as its main object, the depiction of explicit sexual activity; (“film à caractère sexuel pour adultes”) “cassette” means the physical structure that contains a film and includes a video tape, video disk, or other similar thing; (“cassette”) “Consumer Protection BC” means the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority established under the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act
(British Columbia); (“Consumer Protection BC”) “exterior container” means the packaging that is designed or intended to contain a cassette of a film for display purposes; (“jaquette”) “Film Board” means the Ontario Film Review Board; (“Commission cinématographique”) “film festival” means an event that is held for the purpose of the appreciation of film as an art form, that is held not more than twice in a year for a period of no more than 14 days and that is organized by a corporation that, (a) does not have gain for any of its objects, (b) has a board of directors composed of members of the community that the event intends to serve, and (c) receives funds to support the event from a municipal, provincial or federal government in Canada; (“festival de films”) “public art gallery” means a corporation that has as its primary objective the collection, preservation, interpretation or exhibition of works in the visual arts and that, (a) does not have gain for any of its objects, (b) has a board of directors composed of members of the community that the gallery intends to serve, (c) has been incorporated for at least one year or has been exhibiting film for at least one year, (d) receives funds to support its primary objective from a municipal, provincial or federal government in Canada, and (e) has fixed premises from which it conducts its activities; (“musée d’art public”) “public library” means a public library established or continued under the Public Libraries Act; (“bibliothèque publique”) “school” means a private school and a school within the meaning of subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act and includes a College of Applied Arts and Technology and a post-secondary educational institution; (“établissement d’enseignement”) “Software Board” means the Entertainment Software Rating Board; (“Commission des logiciels de loisirs”) “trailer” means a film that is used for advertising purposes in connection with the distribution or exhibition of another film; (“bande-annonce”) “transition date” means the day Ontario Regulation 325/19 made under the Act came into force; (“date de transition”) “video game” means a film in the format of an interactive game of skill, dexterity or knowledge where the player of the game varies the nature or sequence of the visual images by operating the device producing the images, which device may include a computer, a gaming system, a console or other technology. (“jeu vidéo”)  O. Reg. 452/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 325/19, s. 1. (2) In the Act and this Regulation, “licence” means a licence issued for the purposes of section 13 of the Act; (“permis”) “licensee” means the holder of a licence; (“titulaire de permis”) “offer to distribute”, as a verb, includes to expose for distribution, to have in possession for distribution and to make available for distribution, and as a noun has a corresponding meaning. (“offrir de distribuer”)  O. Reg. 452/05, s. 1 (2). (3) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a film is presumed to be an adult sex film if there are words, images or a combination of them on the cassette or exterior container of the film that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the film is an adult sex film.  O. Reg. 452/05, s. 1 (3). (4) A payment-based amusement device producing interactive digital images that can be varied by the person operating the device, a device that is commonly known as an arcade game, is exempted from the definition of “film” in section 1 of the Act.  O. Reg. 452/05, s. 1 (4). Categories