Kinematograph year book (1927)

The Kinemaiograph Year Book. (b) Resistances shall be made entirely of fire-resisting material, and shall be so constructed and maintained that no coil or other part at any time shall become unduly heated, (a) If inside the auditorium, they shall be adequately protected by a wire guard or other efficient means of preventing accidental contact, and. shall not be placed within reach of persons in the audience. (c) The operator shall satisfy himself before the commencement of each performance that all cables, leads, connections, resistances, and fuses are in proper working order. The resistances, if not under constant observation, shall be inspected at least once during each performance. If any fault is detected, current shall be immediately switched off, and shall remain switched off until the fault has been remedied. (d) The projector circuit shall be independently protected by a double pole switch and fuses properly enclosed and placed near the source of supply or the point of connection with the general lighting supply, as the case may be. Provided that, where the current does not exceed five amperes and the connection of the projector circuit to the general lighting supply is made by means of a connector as described in paragraph (e) below, such a connector may be used in substitution for a double-pole switch. {e) Where the projector circuit is connected to the general lighting supply it shall be connected only at a point where the wires of the general lighting supply are of ample size for the current they may have to carry, and the connection shall be either by (a) securely made joints or connections, or (b) a properly constructed wall type connector of hand shield type. It shall not be connected to any lighting fitting, or by means of an " adaptor " to a lampholder. Exhibition of Regulations. 24. — A copy of so much of these Regulations as applies when a portable projector is used shall be exhibited in any room or place in which a portable projector is used for the purposes of an exhibition. PART III.— LICENCES. 25. — 'Subject to the provisions of No. 26 of these Regulations, every licence granted under the Act shall contain a clause providing for its suspension by the licensing authority in the event of any failure on the part of the licensee to carry out these Regulations, or of the building becoming otherwise unsafe or of any material alteration being made in the building or enclosure with out the consent of the licensing authority. 26.— Where a licence has been granted under the Act in respect of a movable building, a plan and description of the building, certified with the approval of the licensing authority, shall be attached to the licence. Such a licence may provide that any of the conditions or restrictions contained therein may be modified either by the licensing authority, or by the licensing authority for the district where an exhibition is about to be given. The licence and plan and description or any of them shall be produced on demand to any police constable or to any person authorised by the licensing authority, or by the authority in whose district the building is being, or is about to be, used for the purpose of an exhibition. PART IV.— REPEAL. 27. — The Regulations dated February 18th, 1910 (b), and May 20th, 1913 (c) made under the Cinematograph Act, 1909, are hereby repealed, provided nevertheless that any licence granted prior to such repeal shall remain valid for the period for which it was granted without the imposition of any more stringent condition than may have been imposed at the time of the grant (a) e.g., they should not become so heated that a piece of newspaper placed in contact with any part of the resistance would readily ignite. (b)S.R. & O., 1910, No; 189. (c)S,R. & 0., 1913.N0. 566,