Who is a special professional?
A special professional is an author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, an inventor, a performing artist, a production associate or a sportsperson.
Author or inventor
The expression 'author' is a technical term from copyright law. In general, the 'author' of a musical work is its composer and the 'author' of an artistic work is the artist, sculptor or photographer who created it.
Performing artist
You are a special professional if you use intellectual, artistic, musical, physical or other personal skills in the presence of an audience, or you perform or appear in a film, on a tape or disc, or in a television or radio broadcast.
Production associate
You are a special professional if you use artistic rather than technical skills in the production. The people who qualify as production associates are specified in the definition of artistic support to be:
- an art director
- a choreographer
- a costume designer
- a director
- a director of photography
- a film editor
- a lighting designer
- a musical director
- a producer
- a production designer
- a set designer
- any person who makes an artistic contribution similar to that made by any of these people.
Sportsperson
You are a special professional if you compete in sporting activities where you primarily use physical prowess, physical strength or physical stamina. A navigator in car rallying, a coxswain in rowing or a similar competitor is also a special professional.