s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

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In this Law —
“Appeals Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 36 of the Trade and Business Licensing Law, 2014;
“applicant” means any person who has applied for a rating certificate or a premises licence under this Law;
“Board” means the Film Control Board established under section 5;
“board of internationally recognised film censors” means an authority in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada or in any other jurisdiction, established and internationally recognised as an authority which censors or rates a film according to its suitability for public exhibition;
“Chief Fire Officer” means the officer appointed under the Fire Brigade Law (2006 Revision);
“child” means a person under the age of eighteen;
“Collector of Customs” means the officer appointed under the Customs Law (2012 Revision);
“court” means the Grand Court or a court of summary jurisdiction;
“Department” means the department of Government known as the Department of Commerce and Investment”;
“film” includes —
a cinematograph exhibition, a slide, a video tape, a video disc and any other form of recording from which a visual image, including a computer generated image, can be produced;
a sequence of visual images recorded in such a manner that, by using such recording, the images will be capable of being seen as a moving picture and includes any picture intended for exhibition through any medium or device;
motion pictures, still photographs, photographic displays, filmstrips and such other forms of visual presentation as consist primarily of photographs or photographic reproductions;
photographic film, or a recording on magnetic tape or on any other material, from which a series of images, with or without associated sounds, may be produced; and
an advertisement of the film which consists of moving images;
“Minister” means the person responsible for commerce and investment;
“premises” includes —
any land or building;
any part of any land or building;
any structure of a movable character;
any mobile home, caravan, or other means of shelter placed or erected upon any land and intended for occupation on that land; and
any place, stall, vehicle or thing from where a business is carried on, irrespective of whether it is fixed or movable or partly fixed and partly movable;
“premises licence” means a public film exhibition premises licence issued by the Department under section 26 in respect of any premises;
“private premises” means premises to which the general public are not permitted access, whether for payment or otherwise;
“public film exhibition”, in relation to a film, means the display of a film with the aid of any apparatus, equipment, or device on any premises to which members of the general public have access whether for payment of money or otherwise, and the expressions “exhibits”, “publicly exhibits”, “publicly exhibited” and “public exhibition” shall be construed accordingly;
“rating” means a classification ascribed to the content in a film pursuant to section 8(2)(a);
“rating certificate” means a public film rating certificate which ascribes a rating to a film pursuant to section 8(1); and
“trade officer” means a public officer appointed as such under the Trade and Business Licensing Law, 2014.

Defined Terms

Appeals TribunalapplicantBoardboard of internationally recognised film censorsChief Fire OfficerchildCollector of CustomscourtDepartmentfilmMinisterpremisespremises licenceprivate premisespublic film exhibitionratingrating certificatetrade officer

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