✨ Cinematograph Film Regulations
tained by the licensee in good condition and free
from obstruction:
($b$) Except in such cases as may be specially approved by
the Chief Inspector the premises shall not be situated
underneath premises used for residential purposes:
($c$) The premises shall not be so situated that a fire occurring
therein would interfere or be likely to interfere with
the means of escape from the building of which they
form part, or from any adjacent building:
($d$) Every storeroom and every workroom within the
premises—
(i) Shall be separated from every adjoining part
of the building by fire-resisting partitions, including
fire-resisting ceilings and floors and fire-resisting
self-closing doors; and
(ii) Shall be so situated and constructed to the
satisfaction of the Chief Inspector that a fire occur-
ring therein would not be likely to spread to other
parts of the building or to adjacent buildings.
- (1) Every license to store cinematograph-film shall be
issued subject to the following conditions in relation to such
storage, namely,—
($a$) All cinematograph-film received on the premises must
be at once placed in a storeroom constructed, fitted
up, and maintained in accordance with this Part
of these regulations, and except when being actually
projected or manipulated, shall at all times while
it remains on the premises be kept in such storeroom:
($b$) Except as may be approved by the Chief Inspector,
all cinematograph-film kept on the premises shall,
except when required to be exposed for the purpose
of the work carried on in the premises, be kept
in closed metal containers of a kind approved by the
Chief Inspector.
(2) Every license to store cinematograph-film as aforesaid
shall also be subject to the following conditions in relation
to the storerooms and workrooms on such licensed premises,
namely :—
($a$) Every storeroom and workroom shall be properly
ventilated to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
In the case of a storeroom the effective area of the
ventilator shall be not less than 140 square inches
for each 1,000 lb. of film stored:
($b$) The fittings shall, as far as practicable, be of non-
inflammable and fire-resisting material:
(c) The doors shall be self-closing, fitted with automatic
catches, and constructed so as to open outwards:
($d$) No means of heating shall be permitted in any store-
room. A workroom may be heated by an electric
radiator or by a hot-water or low-pressure steam
radiator of a type approved by the Chief Inspector.
Every such heater must be so placed or protected
that film cannot come in contact with the heating
surface:
(e) The furniture and apparatus shall be so arranged as to
afford free egress to persons in the room in the event
of fire:
(f) No artificial light other than electric light shall be used
in any storeroom or workroom, and where electric
light is used, all conductors and apparatus shall be
so constructed, installed, protected, worked, and
maintained as to prevent danger. Vacuum-type
lamps only shall be used, and shall be carried in
rigid fittings immovably attached to the ceiling or
walls, and shall be fitted with substantial outer
protecting globes. No electric switches shall be
placed inside any storeroom.
- (1) In addition to the foregoing conditions relating to
the situation and equipment of storerooms and workrooms,
every license issued in respect of any premises for the storage
of film shall be issued subject to the special conditions set out
in the next succeeding subclause. Every person who commits
a breach of any such conditions, or who authorizes or permits
any such breach, commits an offence against these regulations,
and shall be liable accordingly.
(2) The conditions referred to in the last preceding sub-
clause are the following, namely:—
(a) A storeroom shall be used only for the storage of
cinematograph-film, and a workroom shall be used
only for the development, printing, examination,
cleaning, packing, rewinding, or repair of cine-
matograph-film, and for such other purposes as may
be approved by an Inspector.
(b) No open light or fire shall be allowed in any storeroom
or workroom.
(c) No person shall smoke in or take matches into any
storeroom or workroom.
(d) The doors of every storeroom shall be kept securely
fastened, except when articles are being placed
therein or removed therefrom.
(e) Not more than 2,000 ft. of film for each work-person shall
be exposed in any workroom at any one time: Pro-
vided that this paragraph shall not apply with respect
to such exposure as is immediately incidental to the
packing or unpacking of films.
(f) All self-closing attachments on the doors of a storeroom
or workroom shall be maintained in good order and
condition, and no person shall use any means to
prevent, either temporarily or permanently, the
closing of any such door.
(g) All cinematograph-film waste and scrap shall be collected
at frequent intervals, and shall be placed in a self-
closing metal resceptacle of a type approved by the
Chief Inspector.
(3) A copy of the foregoing provisions of this clause, printed
in large characters, shall be kept posted up in every storeroom
and workroom in premises in respect of which a license has
been issued under this Part of these regulations.
- (1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing regula-
tions, the Chief Inspector may, on application in the form No. 1
in the First Schedule hereto, issue a license for the storage of
film in accordance with the special conditions specified in the
next succeeding subclause, in lieu of the conditions herein-
before prescribed.
(2) The special conditions referred to in the last preceding
subclause are the following :—
(a) All such film shall be kept in securely closed metal
containers, under conditions approved by the
Inspector and stated in the license.
(b) Not more than 100,000 ft. of film shall be kept at any
time pursuant to such license if such film contains
any of the substances known as xylonite, or celluloid,
or contains nitrated cellulose or other nitrated
products in any form.
(c) Any such license may be at any time revoked, and if
the licensee fails to comply with the conditions of
such license he shall be deemed to have committed
an offence against these regulations, and shall be
liable accordingly.
TRANSPORT OF FILM.
- (1) No cinematograph-film shall be transported from
one place to another by any means whatsoever, unless such
film is packed in a metal container of a type approved by
the Chief Inspector, and constructed and maintained in
accordance with the specifications in the Third Schedule
to these regulations, or, in special circumstances, unless
it is packed in such other manner as the Chief Inspector
may, by writing under his hand, specially authorize in that
behalf. No container shall be deemed to comply with the
requirements of this clause unless it is at all times maintained
in good order and in fire-resistant condition.
(2) Every outer package containing cinematograph-film
shall be permanently and conspicuously marked with the
word “FILMS” in block letters not less than 2 in. high, and
also with the name of the owner, and with some distinguishing
mark or number.
(3) Every person who causes any film to be transported
otherwise than as provided by this clause commits an offence
against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.
PART II.
PROJECTION OF CINEMATOGRAPH-FILMS.
- No person shall cause cinematograph-film to be pro-
jected upon any premises unless in respect of those premises
he is either—
(a) The holder of a renter’s license or of an exhibitor’s
license under the said Act; or
(b) The holder of a license granted pursuant to clause 12
of these regulations.
- (1) The following provisions shall apply with respect
to the projection of film by the holders of renters’ licenses,
namely :—
(a) Unless such projection is carried out in a projection-
room complying in all respects with the requirements
of these regulations as to projection-rooms in
cinematograph-theatres, it shall be carried out in a
room constructed of fire-resisting-material to the
satisfaction of an Inspector:
(b) Not more than fifteen persons shall be admitted to any
such last-mentioned room while any film is being
projected therein, and not more than 2,000 ft. of
film, including any film in process of projection, shall
be kept in such room during such projection.
(2) The projection of film by exhibitors shall be in
accordance with an exhibitor’s license granted pursuant to
Part III hereof.
- Application for a license for the projection of
cinematograph-film by any person other than the holder of
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Regulations under the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration23 September 1929
Cinematograph Films, Storage, Transport, Marking, Projection, Licenses