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Enforced by: Trading Standards, BBFC
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 3 of 7 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 3 carry different penalties and 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person6

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Authority to determine suitability of video works for classification. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must ensure appeal rights before designating classification authorityCrown / Minister / Government department

s.009 Supplying video recording of unclassified work. Prosecution

Supply unclassified video recordingAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.010 Possession of video recording of unclassified work for the purposes of supply. Prosecution

Possess unclassified video for supplyAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.011 Supplying video recording of classified work in breach of classification. Imprisonment

Supply age-restricted video to underage personAny Person

s.012 Certain video recordings only to be supplied in licensed sex shops. Imprisonment

Supply restricted video outside licensed sex shopAny Person

s.013 Supply of video recording not complying with requirementsas to labels, etc. Prosecution

Supply video recording not meeting labelling requirementsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.014 Supply of video recording containing false indication as to classification. Imprisonment

Supply video recording with false classification indicationAny Person

29 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Interpretation of terms.

s.002 Exempted works.

s.002 Conditions relating to video games

s.003 Exempted supplies.

s.004 Criteria for suitability to which special regard to be had.

s.004 Review of determinations as to suitability.

s.004 Designated authorities for video games and other video works

s.004 Designated authorities: allocation of responsibility for video games

s.004 Designated authorities: video works included in video games

s.005 Parliamentary procedure for designation.

s.006 Annual report.

s.007 Classification certificates.

s.007 Classification certificates for particular video recordings

s.008 Requirements as to labelling

s.014 General defence to offences under this Act.

s.015 Time limit for prosecutions.

s.016 Offences by bodies corporate.

s.016 Enforcement.

s.016 Extension of jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in linked cases.

s.016 Extension of jurisdiction of sheriff in linked cases.

s.016 Extension of jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in Northern Ireland in linked cases.

s.017 Entry, search and seizure.

s.018 Arrest.

s.019 Evidence by certificate.

s.020 Miscellaneous and supplementary

s.021 Forfeiture.

s.022 Other interpretation.

s.022 Regulations

s.023 Short title, commencement and extent.

Help complying

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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Video Recordings Act 1984

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