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Old 13th April 2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs View Post
I wrote to them a while ago asking why they apply the act to DVDs, BDs and other formats designed for home viewing and they replied that the Video Recordings Act (1984) makes the Cinematograph Act (Animals) applicable to those as well as films for public display.
That's interesting - I didn't know that! So a newer law makes the older law applicable to something it didn't (or couldn't) apply to in the first place?

Talk about retrospective continuity!
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