| Short Title: | British Film Institute Act 1949 |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to provide for the payment to the British Film Institute of grants out of moneys provided by Parliament. |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Citation: | 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 35 |
| Introduced Commons: | Glenvil Hall[1] |
| Introduced Lords: | Lord Pakenham |
| Royal Assent: | 31 May 1949 |
| Amendments: | Sunday Cinema Act 1972 |
| Status: | Current |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/35/enacted |
| Revised Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/35 |
The British Film Institute Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It allows the government to fund the British Film Institute.
The Act has only one operative section which allowed the Treasury to make grants to the British Film Institute out of Parliament-approved funds.[2] This was in addition to any grants from the Cinematograph Fund established under the Sunday Entertainments Act 1932.[3]
The Act was amended by the Sunday Cinema Act 1972 to remove the reference to the Cinematograph Fund, as it was being wound up.[4]
The Act had its second reading in the House of Commons on 6 May 1949. It was passed to the House of Lords on 16 May,[5] and had its second reading there on 25 May.[6] The Act was given royal assent on 31 May 1949.[7]