Royal Decree 1435/1985, of 1st August, regulates artists' special labour relationship in public spectacles, understanding as such the relationship between a public spectacle organiser or employer and those who voluntarily render artistic activities on account, within the former's organisation and management scope, in exchange for compensation.
Moreover, the above-mentioned Royal Decree includes within its scope of application all the relationships established for the execution of artistic activities under the terms described above, whether directly performed in front of an audience or in any type of recording designed for diffusion among the public, in media such as theatre, cinema, radio, television, bullrings, sports facilities, circuses, night-clubs, discotheques, and, in general, any premises regularly or fortuitously designed for public spectacles, or artistic or exhibition performances.
The following persons shall not be subject to the special regulations specified in this section, but, instead, to the entire General Regime regulations:
As regards theatre, circus, varieties, and folklore workers, the technical and auxiliary personnel who collaborate with the spectacles, such as:
The spectacle manager.
The persons responsible for tailoring and hairdressing.
Machinists or stagehands.
As regards music professionals:
Music professionals who perform a teaching function.
Piano players who render services at dance schools.
Musical technicians: proofreaders, reducers, transcribers, autographers, or copyists.
As regards film or television production, dubbing, or synchronisation tasks:
Laboratory personnel.
Distribution and advertising personnel.
In general:
Administrative personnel: technicians and auxiliaries.
Auxiliary personnel.
Manual workers: carpenters, workshop managers, skilled professionals, electricians, machinists, light technicians.
The personnel who collaborate with the spectacles, but have not acquired the professionalism to be considered as artists, such as ensemble ladies, merit workers, etc. That is, until they acquire a higher classification, once the professional training specified in articles 62 to 66 of the Theatre, Circus, Varieties, and Folklore Work Ordinances has been received.
Technical personnel (editors, light technicians, sound technicians, etc.) who accompany artists (singers and musicians) during their performances.