Legal considerations
- Human Rights Act 1998 - right of respect for family and private life and the right to freedom of expression
- Licensing Act 2003 - cinemas require a license from the local authority including a condition to allow the admission of under 18s to any film restricted in oaccordance with recommendations of the BBFC
- the prevention of crime and disorder
- public safety
- the prevention of public nuisance
- the protection of children
- Video Recordings Act 1984 - video works must be classified by the BBFC unless an exempted work
- Obscene Publications Act 1959/1964 - it is illegal to publish a work seen as obscene (has the tendency to deprave or corrupt a significant proportion of those likely to see it)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 - it is illegal to be in possession of an extreme pornographic image
- Protection of Children's Act 1978 - it is illegal to make, distribute, show or possess indecet photographs of a child
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 - it is illegal to expose oneself with intent to cause alarm or distress
- Public Order Act 1986 - it is illegal to distribute, show or play to the public a recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening, abusive or insulting if the intention is to stir up racial/religious hatred
- Cinematography Films Act 1937 - it is illegal to show any scene that involves cruelty to animals
- Animal Welfare Act 2006 - it is illegal to supply, publish, show or possess a recording of an 'animal fight'
- Tobacco Advertising and Prmotion Act 2002 - it is illegal to publish a tobacco advertisement
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