Picture Theatres and Films Act Repeal and Other Acts Amendment Act 1990 (Qld)

914 PICTURE THEATRES A ND FILMS A C T REPEAL A ND AC T S A M E NDMEN T AC T ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS 1. Short title and citation 2. Commencement 3. Repeal of Picture Theatres and Films Act 4. Transitional 5. Amendment of 12 Geo. 6 No. 3 6. Amendment of No. 31 of 1974 ANNO TRICESIMO NONO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 49 of 1990 An Act to repeal the Picture Theatres and Films Act 1946- 1978 and to amend certain other Acts in related particulars [ASSENTED TO 13TH AUGUST, 1990]

Picture Theatres and Films Act Repeal and Other Acts Amendment Act 1990, No. 49 915 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . This Act may be cited as the Picture Theatres and Films Act Repeal and Other Acts Amendment Act 1990. 2. Commencement . (1) Subsection (1) of section 3, to the extent it repeals sections 5 to 9A (both inclusive), 17, 18, 19 and 21 of the repealed Act commenced and is taken to have commenced on the 15th April 1990 and is to be given retrospective effect accordingly. (2) Except as provided for by subsection (1), this Act commences on the date on which it is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty. 3. Repeal of Picture Theatres and Films Act. (1) The Acts specified in the following table are repealed: TABLE Year and Number of Act Short Title 10 Geo. VI. No. 12 10 Geo. VI. No. 48 12 Geo. VI. No. 41 7 Eliz. II. No. 3 10 Eliz. II. No. 41 No. 66 of 1971 No. 32 of 1974 No. 18 of 1976 No. 46 of 1978 The Picture Theatres and Films Act of 1946 The Picture Theatres and Films Act Amendment Act of 1946 The Picture Theatres and Films Acts Amendment Act of 1948 The Picture Theatres and Films Acts Amendment Act of 1958 The Picture Theatres and Films Acts Amendment Act of 1961 Picture Theatres and Films Act AmendmentAct 1971 Picture Theatres and Films Act AmendmentAct 1974 Picture Theatres and Films Act AmendmentAct 1976 Picture Theatres and Films Act AmendmentAct 1978 (2) In this Act, "The. Picture Theatres and Films Act of 1946" as amended by the other Acts specified in the Table to subsection (1) is referred to as the repealed Act.

916 Picture Theatres and Films Act Repeal and Other Acts Amendment Act 1990, No. 49 4. Transitional . (1) In this section, a reference to the Commission is a reference to the Picture Theatres and Films Commission constituted under the repealed Act. (2) It is hereby declared- (a) that on and from the 15th April 1990, the Commission ceased to exist and its assets and liabilities became and are the assets and liabilities of the Crown; (b) that notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the provisions of section 10 to 16 (both inclusive), section 20 and the Schedule of the repealed Act, those provisions continue to apply in relation to a contract within the meaning of the repealed Act entered into before the repeal as if this Act had not been passed. 5. Amendment of 12 Geo. 6 No. 3. (1) The Censorship of Films Act 1947-1988 is amended, in section 4, by omitting the definition "picture theatre" and substituting the following definition:- " "picture theatre" includes any building or part of a building or any enclosure, ground, premises , place or vessel, wherein or whereon a film is exhibited and to which admission is or may be procured by the payment of money, or the giving of other consideration or by token or by any other means as the price or condition of admission;". (2) The Censorship of Films Act 1947-1988 as amended by subsection (1) may be cited as the Censorship of Films Act 1947-1990. 6. Amendment of No. 31 of 1974 . (1) The Films Review Act 1974- 1988 is amended, in section 4, by omitting the definition "Picture theatre" and substituting the following definition:- "picture theatre" includes any building or part of a building or any enclosure, ground, premises , place or vessel, wherein or whereon a film is exhibited and to which admission is or may be procured by the payment of money, or the giving of other consideration or by token or by any other means as the price or condition of admission;". (2) The Films Review Act 1974-1988 as amended by subsection (1) may be cited as the Films Review Act 1974