Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Films (Class Licence for Lending by Libraries and Educational Institutions) Order 2019

Regulation 6

Class licence for relevant archive or institute

Subregulation 1

Unless exempt by or under section 40(1) of the Act, every person who manages and administers a relevant archive or institute is subject to a class licence in connection with distribution of any appropriate film, any film that is assigned under the Act a classification rating of “R21”, or any relevant unclassified film, in the course of the person’s business of managing and administering that relevant archive or institute.

Subregulation 2

A class licensee by virtue of this paragraph may distribute an appropriate film, a film that is assigned under the Act a classification rating of “R21”, or a relevant unclassified film, only under the following conditions:

(a)

the distribution of any such film must occur only within any relevant archive or institute which the class licensee is managing and administering;

(b)

the distribution to an individual of an appropriate film assigned under the Act a classification rating of “NC16” or “M18” must only be after the individual produces acceptable proof of his or her age that is in conformity with the classification of the film;

(c)

the handling and distribution of a film assigned under the Act a classification rating of “R21” or a relevant unclassified film must be in accordance with the handling and labelling requirements in Part 4.