C-18.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the fees for examination and duties payable under the Cinema Act

Updated to 1 April 2017

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chapter C-18.1, r. 1

Regulation respecting the fees for examination and duties payable under the Cinema Act

Cinema Act

(chapter C-18.1, s. 167).

DIVISION I LICENCES

1. The fee for the examination of an application for a licence under the Cinema Act (chapter C-18.1) is $28.

O.C. 744-92, s. 1; O.C. 1085-93, s. 1.

2. The duties payable annually by the holder of a licence to operate premises where films are exhibited to the public are as follows:

(1)  for a theatre: $138;

(2)  for an outdoor theatre: $121;

(3)  for multi-purpose premises: $55.

O.C. 744-92, s. 2; O.C. 1085-93, s. 2.

3. The duties payable annually by the holder of a general distributor’s licence are $440.

O.C. 744-92, s. 3; O.C. 1085-93, s. 3.

4. The duties payable for obtaining a special distributor’s licence are $330.

O.C. 744-92, s. 4; O.C. 1085-93, s. 4.

5. The duties payable annually by the holder of a video material retail dealer’s licence are $55.

O.C. 744-92, s. 5; O.C. 1085-93, s. 5.

DIVISION II FILING CERTIFICATES AND ATTESTATIONS

6. The duties for the issue of a filing certificate under section 119 of the Act are $55 per film title.

Where several films are put together on a single medium or on several media in a single package, case, box or other container, the duties are $55 for one film title of a compilation and $3 for the other titles.

A filing certificate issued for a film classified in a category other than “18 years of age or over” and not characterized by “explicit sex” is exempt from the payment of those duties until the 51st attestation of that certificate is issued.

O.C. 744-92, s. 6; O.C. 1085-93, s. 6; O.C. 9-95, s. 1; O.C. 1181-2007, s. 1; S.Q. 2016, c. 7, s. 130.

7. The duties payable to obtain an attestation of a filing certificate under section 119 of the Act are as follows:

(1)  $0.30 for each attestation in the case of a Québec film, an original French-language film, or a film dubbed in Québec when the version dubbed in Québec is available on all prints of a film marketed in Québec for domestic use in the language into which it was dubbed; and

(2)  $0.40 for each attestation in all other cases.

O.C. 744-92, s. 7; O.C. 1498-2002, s. 1.

DIVISION III STAMPS

8. The duties payable to obtain a stamp for the exhibition of a trailer to the public are as follows:

(1)  $5 for each of the first 25 stamps; and

(2)  $5 for each additional stamp in the case of a trailer for a Québec film, for an original French-language film, or for a film dubbed in Québec, and in all other cases, $40 for each stamp.

O.C. 744-92, s. 8; O.C. 1042-93, s. 1; O.C. 1085-93, s. 7; O.C. 9-95, s. 2; O.C. 1498-2002, s. 1.

9. The duties payable to obtain a stamp for the exhibition of a film to the public classified in a category other than “18 years of age or over” and characterized by “explicit sex” on 16 mm film or videotape are as follows:

(1)  $10 for each stamp in the case of a Québec film, an original French-language film, or a film dubbed in Québec; and

(2)  $20 for each stamp in all other cases.

O.C. 744-92, s. 9; O.C. 1085-93, s. 8; O.C. 1498-2002, s. 1; S.Q. 2016, c. 7, s. 131.

10. The duties payable to obtain a stamp for the exhibition of a film to the public, other than a film referred to in section 9, are as follows:

(1)  $10 for each of the first 10 stamps; and

(2)  $10 for each additional stamp in the case of a Québec film, an original French-language film, or a film dubbed in Québec, and in all other cases, $200 for each additional stamp.

O.C. 744-92, s. 10; O.C. 1085-93, s. 9; O.C. 1498-2002, s. 1.

11. For the purposes of this Regulation, “Québec film” means a film produced by a person domiciled in Québec or by a company, partnership or cooperative association whose principal establishment within the meaning of the second paragraph of section 104 of the Act is situated in Québec.

O.C. 744-92, s. 11; O.C. 1042-93, s. 2; O.C. 1498-2002, s. 2.

12. The fee for the examination of an application for the review of a classification of a film is $330.

O.C. 744-92, s. 12; O.C. 1085-93, s. 10.

13. (Omitted).

O.C. 744-92, s. 13.

14. (Omitted).

O.C. 744-92, s. 14.

REFERENCES

O.C. 744-92, 1992 G.O. 2, 2750

O.C. 1042-93, 1993 G.O. 2, 4661

O.C. 1085-93, 1993 G.O. 2, 4838

O.C. 9-95, 1995 G.O. 2, 151

O.C. 1498-2002, 2003 G.O. 2, 59

O.C. 1181-2007, 2008 G.O. 2, 40

S.Q. 2016, c. 7, ss. 130 and 131