Section 1179DA | Meaning of “film” F1
From legislation.gov.uk
1 April 2026
(1)“Film” includes any record, however made, of a sequence of visual images that is capable of being used as a means of showing that sequence as a moving picture.F1
(2)Each part of a series of films is treated as a separate film, unless—F1
(a)the films form a series with not more than 26 parts,F1
(b)the combined playing time is not more than 26 hours, andF1
(c)the series constitutes a self-contained work or is a series of documentaries with a common theme,F1
in which case the films are treated as a single film.
(3)References to a film include the film soundtrack.F1