Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00519:clause:10_1:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00519
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 10 cl 1 (pt 11/13)
Character Range: 202894–205548

financial assistance provided to assist with meeting the development costs for the film, and includes assistance to the extent to which it is provided in relation to any of the following:
 (a) location surveys and other activities undertaken to assess locations for possible use in the film;
 (b) storyboarding for the film;
 (c) scriptwriting for the film;
 (d) research for the film;
 (e) casting actors for the film;
 (f) developing a budget for the film;
 (g) developing a shooting schedule for the film.

376‑60  Amount of the producer offset

  The amount of the producer offset is:
 (a) if the *film is a *feature film—40%; or
 (b) if the film is not a feature film—20%;
of the total of the company's *qualifying Australian production expenditure on the film (as determined by the *film authority under section 376‑75).

376‑65  Film authority must issue certificate for an Australian film for the producer offset

 (1) The *film authority must issue a certificate to a company for a *film in relation to the producer offset if the film authority is satisfied that:
 (a) the company either carried out, or made the arrangements for the carrying out of, all the activities that were necessary for the *making of the film; and
 (b) the conditions in subsections (2) to (6) are met.

Note: The operation of paragraph (a) is affected by paragraph 376‑180(1)(d) (which deals with the situation where one company takes over the making of a film from another company).

Type of film

 (2) The conditions in this subsection are that:
 (a) the *film:
 (i) has a significant Australian content (see section 376‑70); or
 (ii) has been made under an *arrangement entered into between the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth and a foreign country or an authority of the foreign country; and
 (b) the film was produced for:
 (i) exhibition to the public in cinemas or by way of television broadcasting (including broadcasting by way of the delivery of a television program by a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992); or
 (ii) distribution to the public as a video recording (whether on video tapes, digital video disks or otherwise); and
 (c) the film is:
 (i) a *feature film; or
 (ii) a single episode program; or
 (iii) a series; or
 (iv) a season of a series; or
 (v) a short form animated drama that is not covered by subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv); and
 (d) the film is not, or is not to a substantial extent:
 (i) a film for exhibition as an advertising program or a commercial; or
 (ii) a film for exhibition as a discussion program, a quiz program, a panel program, a variety program or a