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Enforced by: IPO, Trading Standards
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 23 of 63 obligations carry imprisonment (10 years). 4 carry different penalties and 36 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person29 Director or Officer6 Licence Holder3 Trader2 Employer1 Occupier1 Manufacturer1

Plus 20 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts

Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 318 duties

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 123 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 83 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 68 duties

The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1991 65 duties

Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 416 duties

Companies Act 2006 243 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 133 duties

Companies Act 1985 85 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 62 duties

Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 241 duties

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 120 duties

TULRCA 1992 72 duties

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 54 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 53 duties

Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts

The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 47 duties

Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 46 duties

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 34 duties

Highways Act 1980 23 duties

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 19 duties

Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 93 duties

Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 85 duties

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 78 duties

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery 76 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 75 duties

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.

Part 1

Copyright

71 of 244 sections shown

s.002 Rights subsisting in copyright works. Regulated

Respect the exclusive rights of copyright owners and authorsDirector or Officer

s.022 Secondary infringement: importing infringing copy. Imprisonment

Do not import infringing copies of copyrighted worksAny Person

s.023 Secondary infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy. Imprisonment

Do not possess or deal in copyrighted goods without a licenceAny Person

s.024 Secondary infringement: providing means for making infringing copies. Imprisonment

Do not provide tools or systems for making illegal copiesAny Person

s.025 Secondary infringement: permitting use of premises for infringing performance. Imprisonment

Prevent unlicensed copyright performances on your premisesAny Person

s.026 Secondary infringement: provision of apparatus for infringing performance, &c. Imprisonment

Prevent unauthorized public performance using your equipmentOccupier

s.031 Accessible and intermediate copies: records and notification Regulated

Provide information about accessible copies upon requestLicence Holder

s.078 Requirement that right be asserted. Regulated

Assert your right to be identified as the author or directorDirector or Officer

s.083 Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article. Imprisonment

Do not possess or trade in work that has been altered unfairlyTrader

s.084 False attribution of work. Imprisonment

Do not falsely attribute work to an author or directorAny Person

s.085 Right to privacy of certain photographs and films. Imprisonment

Do not publish or share private commissioned photos or filmsAny Person

s.101 Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.101 Certain infringements actionable by a non-exclusive licensee

amended 1 time

s.102 Exercise of concurrent rights. Regulated

Notify exclusive licensee before enforcement and join them in infringement proceedingsLicence Holder

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.105 Presumptions relevant to sound recordings and films.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.107 Criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles, &c. Imprisonment

Make or deal with copyright-infringing goodsAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 13 times (opens in a new tab)

s.107 Enforcement by local weights and measures authority.

amended 13 times

s.108 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.109 Search warrants.

amended 8 times (opens in a new tab)

s.110 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers. Imprisonment

Personal liability for corporate copyright offenceDirector or Officer

s.111 Infringing copies may be treated as prohibited goods.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.112 Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make regulations.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.114 Order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article. Regulated

Comply with court orders to dispose of seized infringing copiesAny Person

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts must determine the disposal or destruction of infringing itemsTribunal / Court

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.114 Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc. : England and Wales or Northern Ireland Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts may order forfeiture and destruction of infringing goodsTribunal / Court

amended 3 times

s.114 Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc.: Scotland Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Sheriff may order forfeiture of infringing copyright material in ScotlandTribunal / Court

amended 3 times

s.115 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.116 Licensing schemes and licensing bodies.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.116 Power to provide for licensing of orphan works

amended 4 times

s.116 Extended collective licensing

amended 4 times

s.116 General provision about licensing under sections 116A and 116B Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must make regulations for Orphan Works licensingCrown / Minister / Government department

amended 4 times

s.116 Regulations under sections 116A and 116B

amended 4 times

s.117 Licensing schemes to which following sections apply.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.120 Further reference of scheme to tribunal.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.121 Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

s.124 Licences to which following sections apply.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.126 Reference to tribunal of expiring licence. Regulated

Apply to the Copyright Tribunal to extend an expiring licenceLicence Holder

s.127 Application for review of order as to licence.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.129 General considerations: unreasonable discrimination. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

s.130 Licences for reprographic copying. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

s.131 Licences for educational establishments in respect of works included in broadcasts . . .. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Tribunal must consider prior payments when setting broadcast licence feesTribunal / Court

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.132 Licences to reflect conditions imposed by promoters of events. Regulated

Include promoter‑imposed conditions when applying for licences for eventsEmployer

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Tribunal must respect event promoter conditions in licensing disputesTribunal / Court

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.133 Licences to reflect payments in respect of underlying rights. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.134 Licences in respect of works included in re-transmissions.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.135 Notice of intention to exercise right. Regulated

Notify licensing body and Tribunal before using sound recordingsAny Person

s.135 Conditions for exercise of right. Regulated

Comply with licensing conditions for broadcasting sound recordingsAny Person

s.135 Factors to be taken into account. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

s.142 Royalty or other sum payable for lending of certain works.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.143 Certification of licensing schemes.

amended 7 times (opens in a new tab)

s.144 Powers exercisable in consequence of report of Competition and Markets Authority.

amended 19 times (opens in a new tab)

s.144 Collective exercise of certain rights in relation to cable re-transmission.

amended 19 times

s.145 The Copyright Tribunal.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.146 Membership of the Tribunal.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.149 Jurisdiction of the Tribunal.

amended 10 times (opens in a new tab)

s.150 General power to make rules.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.153 Qualification for copyright protection.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.154 Qualification by reference to author.

amended 10 times (opens in a new tab)

s.155 Qualification by reference to country of first publication.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.156 Qualification by reference to place of transmission.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.157 Countries to which this Part extends.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.159 Application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.161 Territorial waters and the continental shelf.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.162 British ships, aircraft and hovercraft.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.163 Crown copyright.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.164 Copyright in Acts and Measures.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.165 Parliamentary copyright.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.170 Transitional provisions and savings.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.171 Rights and privileges under other enactments or the common law.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.174 Meaning of “educational establishment” and related expressions.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.175 Meaning of publication and commercial publication.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.178 Minor definitions.

amended 12 times (opens in a new tab)

s.179 Index of defined expressions.

amended 23 times (opens in a new tab)

173 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Copyright and copyright works.

s.003 Literary, dramatic and musical works.

s.003 Databases

s.004 Artistic works.

s.005 Sound recordings and films.

s.005 Sound recordings.

s.005 Films.

s.006 Broadcasts.

s.006 Safeguards in case of certain satellite broadcasts.

s.007 Cable programmes.

s.008 Published editions.

s.009 Authorship of work.

s.010 Works of joint authorship.

s.010 Works of co-authorship

s.011 First ownership of copyright.

s.012 Duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works.

s.013 Duration of copyright in sound recordings and films.

s.013 Duration of copyright in sound recordings.

s.013 Duration of copyright in films.

s.014 Duration of copyright in broadcasts . . ..

s.015 Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of published editions.

s.015 Meaning of country of origin.

s.016 The acts restricted by copyright in a work.

s.017 Infringement of copyright by copying.

s.018 Infringement by issue of copies to the public.

s.018 Infringement by rental or lending of work to the public.

s.019 Infringement by performance, showing or playing of work in public.

s.020 Infringement by communication to the public

s.021 Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation.

s.027 Meaning of “infringing copy”.

s.028 Introductory provisions.

s.028 Making of temporary copies

s.028 Personal copies for private use

s.029 Research and private study.

s.029 Copies for text and data analysis for non-commercial research

s.030 Criticism, review , quotation and news reporting.

s.030 Caricature, parody or pastiche

s.031 Incidental inclusion of copyright material.

s.031 Disabled persons: copies of works for personal use

s.031 Making , communicating, making available, distributing or lending of accessible copies by authorised bodies

s.031 Making , communicating, making available, distributing or lending of intermediate copies by authorised bodies

s.031 s.31C

s.031 s.31D

s.031 s.31E

s.031 Sections 31A to 31BB: interpretation and general

s.032 Illustration for instruction

s.033 Anthologies for educational use.

s.034 Performing, playing or showing work in course of activities of educational establishment.

s.035 Recording by educational establishments of broadcasts

s.036 Copying and use of extracts of works by educational establishments

s.036 Lending of copies by educational establishments

s.037 Libraries and archives: introductory.

s.038 Copying by librarians: articles in periodicals.

s.039 Copying by librarians: parts of published works.

s.040 Restriction on production of multiple copies of the same material.

s.040 Lending of copies by libraries or archives.

s.040 Libraries and educational establishments etc : making works available through dedicated terminals

s.041 Copying by librarians: supply of single copies to other libraries

s.042 Copying by librarians etc : replacement copies of works

s.042 Copying by librarians: single copies of published works

s.043 Copying by librarians or archivists: single copies of unpublished works

s.043 Sections 40A to 43: interpretation

s.044 Copy of work required to be made as condition of export.

s.044 Legal deposit libraries

s.044 Permitted uses of orphan works

s.045 Parliamentary and judicial proceedings.

s.046 Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries.

s.047 Material open to public inspection or on official register.

s.048 Material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business.

s.049 Public records.

s.050 Acts done under statutory authority.

s.050 Back up copies.

s.050 Decompilation.

s.050 Observing, studying and testing of computer programs

s.050 Other acts permitted to lawful users.

s.050 Acts permitted in relation to databases.

s.051 Design documents and models.

s.052 Effect of exploitation of design derived from artistic work.

s.053 Things done in reliance on registration of design.

s.054 Use of typeface in ordinary course of printing.

s.055 Articles for producing material in particular typeface.

s.056 Transfers of copies of works in electronic form.

s.057 Anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of author.

s.058 Use of notes or recordings of spoken words in certain cases.

s.059 Public reading or recitation.

s.060 Abstracts of scientific or technical articles.

s.061 Recordings of folksongs.

s.062 Representation of certain artistic works on public display.

s.063 Advertisement of sale of artistic work.

s.064 Making of subsequent works by same artist.

s.065 Reconstruction of buildings.

s.066 Lending to public of copies of certain works.

s.066 Films: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c.

s.067 Playing of sound recordings for purposes of club, society, &c.

s.068 Incidental recording for purposes of broadcast . . ..

s.069 Recording for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and other services.

s.070 Recording for purposes of time-shifting.

s.071 Photographs of broadcasts

s.072 Free public showing or playing of broadcast . . ..

s.073 Reception and re-transmission of wireless broadcast by cable.

s.073 Royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of section 73(4).

s.074 s.74

s.075 Recording of broadcast for archival purposes

s.076 Adaptations.

s.076 Certain permitted uses of orphan works

s.077 Right to be identified as author or director.

s.079 Exceptions to right.

s.080 Right to object to derogatory treatment of work.

s.081 Exceptions to right.

s.082 Qualification of right in certain cases.

s.086 Duration of rights.

s.087 Consent and waiver of rights.

s.088 Application of provisions to joint works.

s.089 Application of provisions to parts of works.

s.090 Assignment and licences.

s.091 Prospective ownership of copyright.

s.092 Exclusive licences.

s.093 Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work.

s.093 Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production agreement.

s.093 Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred.

s.093 Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal.

s.094 Moral rights not assignable.

s.095 Transmission of moral rights on death.

s.096 Infringement actionable by copyright owner.

s.097 Provisions as to damages in infringement action.

s.097 Injunctions against service providers

s.098 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings.

s.099 Order for delivery up.

s.100 Right to seize infringing copies and other articles.

s.103 Remedies for infringement of moral rights.

s.104 Presumptions relevant to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.

s.106 Presumptions relevant to works subject to Crown copyright.

s.113 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available.

s.118 Reference of proposed licensing scheme to tribunal.

s.119 Reference of licensing scheme to tribunal.

s.122 Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence.

s.123 Effect of order of tribunal as to licensing scheme.

s.125 Reference to tribunal of proposed licence.

s.128 Effect of order of tribunal as to licence.

s.128 Notification of licence or licensing scheme for excepted sound recordings

s.128 References to the Tribunal by the Secretary of State under section 128A

s.135 Mention of specific matters not to exclude other relevant considerations.

s.135 Circumstances in which right available.

s.135 Applications to settle payments.

s.135 References etc. about conditions, information and other terms.

s.135 Application for review of order.

s.135 Power to amend sections 135A to 135G.

s.136 Implied indemnity in certain schemes and licences for reprographic copying.

s.137 Power to extend coverage of scheme or licence.

s.138 Variation or discharge of order extending scheme or licence.

s.139 Appeals against orders.

s.140 Inquiry whether new scheme or general licence required.

s.141 Statutory licence where recommendation not implemented.

s.147 Financial provisions.

s.148 Constitution for purposes of proceedings.

s.151 Costs, proof of orders, &c.

s.151 Award of interest.

s.152 Appeal to the court on point of law.

s.158 Countries ceasing to be colonies.

s.160 Denial of copyright protection to citizens of countries not giving adequate protection to British works.

s.166 Copyright in Parliamentary Bills.

s.166 Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament.

s.166 Copyright in Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

s.166 Copyright in proposed Measures of the National Assembly for Wales

s.166 Copyright in Bills of the National Assembly for Wales

s.167 Houses of Parliament: supplementary provisions with respect to copyright.

s.168 Copyright vesting in certain international organisations.

s.169 Folklore, &c.: anonymous unpublished works.

s.172 General provisions as to construction.

s.172 Meaning of EEA and related expressions.

s.173 Construction of references to copyright owner.

s.176 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate.

s.177 Adaptation of expressions for Scotland.

Part 2

Rights in performances

70 of 75 sections shown

s.180 Rights conferred on performers and persons having recording rights.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.181 Qualifying performances.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.182 Consent required for recording, &c. of live performance. Regulated

Obtain performer consent before recording or broadcasting live performancesAny Person

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.182 Consent required for copying of recording. Imprisonment

Obtain performer consent before copying recordingsAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 4 times

s.182 Consent required for issue of copies to public.

amended 4 times

s.182 Consent required for rental or lending of copies to public.

amended 4 times

s.182 Consent required for making available to the public Regulated

Obtain performer consent before streaming or broadcasting recordingsAny Person

amended 4 times

s.182 Right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording. Regulated

Pay equitable remuneration to performers for public use of recordingsTrader

amended 4 times

s.183 Infringement of performer’s rights by use of recording made without consent. Imprisonment

Do not use unauthorized recordings of performances in publicAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.184 Infringement of performer’s rights by importing, possessing or dealing with illicit recording. Regulated

Do not deal in, import, or possess illicit recordings of performancesAny Person

s.186 Consent required for recording of performance subject to exclusive contract. Imprisonment

Obtain consent before recording a performance under exclusive contractAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.187 Infringement of recording rights by use of recording made without consent. Imprisonment

Do not play or broadcast unauthorised recordings of performancesAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.188 Infringement of recording rights by importing, possessing or dealing with illicit recording. Imprisonment

Do not deal in illicit recordings of performancesAny Person

s.189 Acts permitted notwithstanding rights conferred by this Chapter.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.190 Power of tribunal to give consent on behalf of performer in certain cases.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.191 Duration of rights.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.191 Performers’ property rights.

amended 9 times

s.191 Assignment and licences.

amended 9 times

s.191 Prospective ownership of a performer’s property rights.

amended 9 times

s.191 Exclusive licences.

amended 9 times

s.191 Performer’s property right to pass under will with unpublished original recording.

amended 9 times

s.191 Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production agreement.

amended 9 times

s.191 Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred.

amended 9 times

s.191 Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal.

amended 9 times

s.191 Assignment of performer’s property rights in a sound recording

amended 9 times

s.191 Payment in consideration of assignment Regulated

Pay performers an annual share of revenue for old sound recordingsManufacturer

amended 9 times

s.191 Infringement actionable by rights owner.

amended 9 times

s.191 Provisions as to damages in infringement action.

amended 9 times

s.191 Injunctions against service providers

amended 9 times

s.191 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings.

amended 9 times

s.191 Rights and remedies for exclusive licensee.

amended 9 times

s.191 Exercise of concurrent rights.

amended 9 times

s.192 Performers’ non-property rights.

amended 1 time

s.192 Transmissibility of rights of person having recording rights.

amended 1 time

s.193 Consent.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.194 Infringement actionable as breach of statutory duty. Regulated

Respect performers' and recording rights to avoid legal actionAny Person

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.195 Order for delivery up.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.197 Meaning of “illicit recording”.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.197 Presumptions relevant to recordings of performances

amended 9 times

s.198 Criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings. Imprisonment

Deal in, distribute, or play illicit recordings of performancesAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 14 times (opens in a new tab)

s.198 Enforcement by local weights and measures authority.

amended 14 times

s.199 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.200 Search warrants.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.201 False representation of authority to give consent. Imprisonment

Falsely claim authority to consent to a performanceAny Person

6 months imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.202 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers. Imprisonment

Personal liability of directors and officers for corporate copyright crimesDirector or Officer

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.204 Order as to disposal of illicit recording. Imprisonment

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts must determine the disposal of seized illicit recordingsTribunal / Court

10 years imprisonment · amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.204 Forfeiture of illicit recordings: England and Wales or Northern Ireland Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts may order the forfeiture and destruction of illicit recordingsTribunal / Court

amended 4 times

s.204 Forfeiture: Scotland Imprisonment

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Sheriff court must decide on forfeiture of illicit recordings in ScotlandTribunal / Court

10 years imprisonment · amended 4 times

s.205 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.205 Licensing of performers’ ... rights.

amended 1 time

s.205 Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal.

amended 1 time

s.205 Right to be identified as performer

amended 1 time

s.205 Requirement that right be asserted Regulated

Assert your right to be identified as a performer in writingAny Person

amended 1 time

s.205 Exceptions to right

amended 1 time

s.205 Right to object to derogatory treatment of performance

amended 1 time

s.205 Exceptions to right

amended 1 time

s.205 Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article Imprisonment

Do not possess or deal in distorted recordings of performancesAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time

s.205 Duration of rights

amended 1 time

s.205 Consent and waiver of rights

amended 1 time

s.205 Application of provisions to parts of performances

amended 1 time

s.205 Moral rights not assignable

amended 1 time

s.205 Transmission of moral rights on death

amended 1 time

s.205 Remedies for infringement of moral rights

amended 1 time

s.206 Qualifying countries, individuals and persons.

amended 8 times (opens in a new tab)

s.208 Countries enjoying reciprocal protection.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.210 British ships, aircraft and hovercraft.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.210 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate

amended 1 time

s.211 Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.212 Index of defined expressions.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.212 Power to amend in consequence of changes to international law

amended 9 times

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.185 Exclusive recording contracts and persons having recording rights.

s.196 Right to seize illicit recordings.

s.203 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available.

s.207 Countries to which this Part extends.

s.209 Territorial waters and the continental shelf.

Part 3

Design Right

22 of 60 sections shown

s.213 Design right.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.215 Ownership of design right.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.217 Qualifying individuals and qualifying persons.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.218 Qualification by reference to designer.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.219 Qualification by reference to employer.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.220 Qualification by reference to first marketing.

amended 8 times (opens in a new tab)

s.226 Primary infringement of design right.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.228 Meaning of “infringing article”.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.231 Order as to disposal of infringing articles, &c. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts must determine the disposal or destruction of infringing design goodsTribunal / Court

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.232 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.238 Powers exercisable for protection of the public interest.

amended 12 times (opens in a new tab)

s.240 Crown use of designs.

amended 13 times (opens in a new tab)

s.241 Settlement of terms for Crown use. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Notify design right owners of Crown use of their designCrown / Minister / Government department

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.243 Crown use: compensation for loss of profit. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Government department must pay compensation for loss of profit due to Crown useCrown / Minister / Government department

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.249 Appeals as to terms of licence of right.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.249 Opinions service

amended 5 times

s.251 References and appeals on design right matters. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Intellectual Property Office may refer design right disputes to the High CourtStatutory regulator

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.252 Reference of disputes relating to Crown use.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.254 Licensee under licence of right not to claim connection with design right owner. Regulated

Do not claim a business connection with a design owner under a forced licenceAny Person

s.262 Adaptation of expressions in relation to Scotland.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.263 Minor definitions.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.264 Index of defined expressions.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

38 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.214 The designer.

s.216 Duration of design right.

s.221 Power to make further provision as to qualification.

s.222 Assignment and licences.

s.223 Prospective ownership of design right.

s.224 Assignment of right in registered design presumed to carry with it design right.

s.225 Exclusive licences.

s.227 Secondary infringement: importing or dealing with infringing article.

s.229 Rights and remedies of design right owner.

s.230 Order for delivery up.

s.233 Innocent infringement.

s.234 Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee.

s.235 Exercise of concurrent rights.

s.236 Infringement of copyright.

s.237 Licences available in last five years of design right.

s.239 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings.

s.242 Rights of third parties in case of Crown use.

s.244 Special provision for Crown use during emergency.

s.244 Exception for private acts, experiments and teaching

s.244 Exception for overseas ships and aircraft

s.245 Power to provide for further exceptions.

s.246 Jurisdiction to decide matters relating to design right.

s.247 Application to settle terms of licence of right.

s.248 Settlement of terms where design right owner unknown.

s.250 Rules.

s.253 Threats of infringement proceedings

s.253 Actionable threats

s.253 Permitted communications

s.253 Remedies and defences

s.253 Professional advisers

s.253 Supplementary: proceedings for delivery up etc.

s.255 Countries to which this Part extends.

s.256 Countries enjoying reciprocal protection.

s.257 Territorial waters and the continental shelf.

s.258 Construction of references to design right owner.

s.259 Joint designs.

s.260 Application of provisions to articles in kit form.

s.261 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate.

Part 4

Registered Designs

2 of 9 sections shown

s.265 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.266 Provisions with respect to certain designs registered in pursuance of application made before commencement.

s.267 Authorship and first ownership of designs.

s.269 Duration of right in registered design.

s.270 Powers exercisable for protection of the public interest.

s.271 Crown use: compensation for loss of profit.

s.272 Minor and consequential amendments.

s.273 Text of Registered Designs Act 1949 as amended.

Part 5

Patent Agents and Trade Mark Agents

10 of 14 sections shown

s.274 Persons permitted to carry on business of a patent agent.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.275 The register of patent attorneys

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.275 Regulation of patent attorneys

amended 1 time

s.276 Persons entitled to describe themselves as patent agents. Prosecution

Use restricted titles 'patent agent' or 'patent attorney' without registrationAny Person

Unlimited fine · amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.278 Use of the term “patent attorney”: supplementary provisions.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.279 Power to prescribe conditions, &c. for mixed partnerships and bodies corporate.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.280 Privilege for communications with patent agents.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.281 Power of comptroller to refuse to deal with certain agents.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.285 Offences committed by partnerships and bodies corporate. Imprisonment

Personal liability for directors and partners for IP offencesDirector or Officer

s.286 Interpretation.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.277 Persons entitled to describe themselves as European patent attorneys, &c.

s.282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

s.283 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

s.284 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Part 6

Patents

4 of 9 sections shown

s.287 Patents county courts: special jurisdiction.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.288 Financial limits in relation to proceedings within special jurisdiction of patents county court.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.291 Proceedings in patents county court.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

s.292 Rights and duties of registered patent agents in relation to proceedings in patents county court.

amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.289 Transfer of proceedings between High Court and patents county court.

s.290 Limitation of costs where pecuniary claim could have been brought in patents county court.

s.293 Restriction of acts authorised by certain licences.

s.294 When application may be made for settlement of terms of licence.

s.295 Patents: miscellaneous amendments.

Part 7

Miscellaneous and General

13 of 25 sections shown

s.296 Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures Imprisonment

Providing or selling technology to bypass copyright protectionAny Person

s.296 Remedy where effective technological measures prevent permitted acts Regulated

Provide means to carry out permitted acts when DRM blocks themAny Person

s.296 Electronic rights management information Imprisonment

Do not remove or alter electronic rights management informationAny Person

s.297 Offence of fraudulently receiving programmes. Prosecution

Dishonestly receiving broadcast programmes without paymentDirector or Officer

Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.297 Unauthorised decoders. Imprisonment

Use or sell unauthorised decoders for encrypted broadcastsAny Person

10 years imprisonment · amended 1 time

s.297 Search warrants

amended 1 time

s.297 Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: England and Wales or Northern Ireland Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts may order the forfeiture and destruction of illegal decodersTribunal / Court

amended 1 time

s.297 Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: Scotland Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts in Scotland may order the forfeiture of unauthorised decodersTribunal / Court

amended 1 time

s.298 Rights and remedies in respect of apparatus, &c. for unauthorised reception of transmissions.

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.299 Supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.301 Provisions for the benefit of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.304 Extent.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

12 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.296 Devices designed to circumvent copy-protection.

s.296 Avoidance of certain terms.

s.296 Avoidance of certain terms relating to databases

s.296 Circumvention of technological measures

s.296 Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures: search warrants and forfeiture

s.296 Rights and remedies in respect of devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures

s.296 Remedy where restrictive measures prevent or restrict personal copying

s.296 Interpretation of sections 296ZA to 296ZEA

s.302 Financial assistance for certain international bodies.

s.303 Consequential amendments and repeals.

s.305 Commencement.

s.306 Short title.

Schedules

0 of 271 shown

271 other schedules

s.001 Copyright: transitional provisions and savings

s.002 Rights in performances: permitted acts

s.003 Registered designs: minor and consequential amendments of 1949 Act

s.006 Provisions for the Benefit of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

s.sch001 (1) In this Schedule— “the 1911 Act” means the Copyright...

s.sch001 The question who was the author of an existing work...

s.sch001 (1) The question who was first owner of copyright in...

s.sch001 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the...

s.sch001 (1) The rights conferred on universities and colleges by the...

s.sch001 (1) The provisions of Chapters II and III of Part...

s.sch001 (1) Section 57 (anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on...

s.sch001 The following provisions of section 7 of the 1956 Act...

s.sch001 Where in the case of a dramatic or musical work...

s.sch001 Where a work made before 1st July 1912 consists of...

s.sch001 (1) Section 51 (exclusion of copyright protection in relation to...

s.sch001 (1) In relation to the 1956 Act, references in this...

s.sch001 (1) Where section 10 of the 1956 Act (effect of...

s.sch001 Section 8 of the 1956 Act (statutory licence to copy...

s.sch001 (1) No act done before commencement is actionable by virtue...

s.sch001 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the...

s.sch001 The right conferred by section 85 (right to privacy of...

s.sch001 (1) Any document made or event occurring before commencement which...

s.sch001 (1) Section 91(1) of this Act (assignment of future copyright:...

s.sch001 (1) Where the author of a literary, dramatic, musical or...

s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where copyright subsists in a literary,...

s.sch001 Section 92(2) of this Act (rights of exclusive licensee against...

s.sch001 The new copyright provisions apply in relation to things existing...

s.sch001 (1) Section 93 of this Act (copyright to pass under...

s.sch001 (1) Sections 96 and 97 of this Act (remedies for...

s.sch001 Sections 101 and 102 of this Act (rights and remedies...

s.sch001 (1) The provisions of section 107 of this Act (criminal...

s.sch001 (1) The Lord Chancellor may, after consultation with the Lord...

s.sch001 Every work in which copyright subsisted under the 1956 Act...

s.sch001 (1) The 1911 Act shall remain in force as part...

s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies to a country which immediately before...

s.sch001 Section 161 of this Act (application of Part I to...

s.sch001 Section 162 (British ships, aircraft and hovercraft) does not apply...

s.sch001 (1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect for securing...

s.sch001 (1) Section 163 of this Act (general provisions as to...

s.sch001 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the...

s.sch001 (1) Section 164 (copyright in Acts and Measures) applies to...

s.sch001 (1) Section 165 of this Act (general provisions as to...

s.sch001 (1) Any work in which immediately before commencement copyright subsisted...

s.sch001 Section 175(3) (construction of building treated as equivalent to publication)...

s.sch001 For the purposes of the application of the definition in...

s.sch001 (1) Copyright subsists in an existing work after commencement only...

s.sch001 (1) Copyright shall not subsist by virtue of this Act...

s.sch001 (1) No copyright subsists in a film, as such, made...

s.sch001 (1) A film sound-track to which section 13(9) of the...

s.sch001 No copyright subsists in— (a) a wireless broadcast made before...

s.sch002 (1) The provisions of this Schedule specify acts which may...

s.sch002 (1) Material which is comprised in public records within the...

s.sch002 (1) Where the doing of a particular act is specifically...

s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies where a recording of a performance...

s.sch002 (1) Where a recording of the reading or recitation of...

s.sch002 (1) A recording of a performance of a song may...

s.sch002 (1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that...

s.sch002 Rights in performances: permitted acts

s.sch002 (1) A person who proposes to broadcast a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed...

s.sch002 (1) The making in domestic premises for private and domestic...

s.sch002 (1) The showing or playing in public of a broadcast...

s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies where a wireless broadcast made from...

s.sch002 (1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum...

s.sch002 The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed by...

s.sch002 (1) The making of a copy of a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) Fair dealing with a performance or a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) The making of a copy of a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) Fair dealing with a performance or recording for the...

s.sch002 Rights in performances: permitted acts

s.sch002 (1) A recording of a broadcast or a copy of...

s.sch002 (1) Fair dealing with a performance or a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed...

s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a disabled person has...

s.sch002 (1) If— (a) an authorised body has lawful access to...

s.sch002 (1) An authorised body which is entitled to make an...

s.sch002 (1) A person listed in sub-paragraph (2) may request an...

s.sch002 (1) This paragraph supplements paragraphs 3A to 3D and includes...

s.sch002 (1) Fair dealing with a performance or a recording of...

s.sch002 (1) The playing or showing of a sound recording, film...

s.sch002 (1) A recording of a broadcast, or a copy of...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter in a recording...

s.sch002 (1) A librarian may, if the conditions in sub-paragraph (2)...

s.sch002 (1) A librarian, archivist or curator of a library, archive...

s.sch002 (1) A librarian of a library which is not conducted...

s.sch002 (1) A librarian or archivist may make and supply a...

s.sch002 Expressions used in paragraphs 6B to 6G have the same...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed...

s.sch002 (1) The copying of extracts of a recording of a...

s.sch002 (1) If an article of cultural or historical importance or...

s.sch002 (1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed...

s.sch002a LICENSING OF PERFORMERS’ ... RIGHTS

s.sch002a (1) In this Chapter a “licensing scheme” means a scheme...

s.sch002a (1) The terms on which a licensing body proposes to...

s.sch002a (1) A licensee under a licence which is due to...

s.sch002a (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under...

s.sch002a (1) In determining what is reasonable on a reference or...

s.sch002a (1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum...

s.sch002a (1) A person operating or proposing to operate a licensing...

s.sch002a (1) Sub-paragraph (1A) applies where whatever needs to be remedied,...

s.sch002a (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for...

s.sch002a (1) This paragraph and paragraph 1D apply to regulations under...

s.sch002a (1) The power to make regulations includes power—

s.sch002a Paragraphs 3 to 8 (references and applications with respect to...

s.sch002a (1) The terms of a licensing scheme proposed to be...

s.sch002a (1) If while a licensing scheme is in operation a...

s.sch002a (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has on a previous reference...

s.sch002a (1) A person who claims, in a case covered by...

s.sch002a (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under...

s.sch002a (1) A licensing scheme which has been confirmed or varied...

s.sch002a Paragraphs 10 to 13 (references and applications with respect to...

s.sch003 In section 19 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (registration...

s.sch003 In section 20 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (rectification...

s.sch003 (1) Section 22 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (inspection...

s.sch003 For section 23 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (information...

s.sch003 In section 25 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (certificate...

s.sch003 (1) Section 26 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (remedy...

s.sch003 For section 27 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (the...

s.sch003 (1) Section 28 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (the...

s.sch003 In section 29 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (exercise...

s.sch003 For section 30 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (costs...

s.sch003 For section 31 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (evidence...

s.sch003 Section 32 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (power of...

s.sch003 (1) Section 33 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (offences...

s.sch003 (1) In section 34 of the Registered Designs Act 1949...

s.sch003 (1) Section 35 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (fine...

s.sch003 (1) In the Registered Designs Act 1949 after section 35...

s.sch003 (1) Section 36 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (general...

s.sch003 (1) Section 37 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (provisions...

s.sch003 Section 38 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (proceedings of...

s.sch003 In section 39 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (hours...

s.sch003 (1) Section 5 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 is...

s.sch003 In section 40 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (fees)...

s.sch003 (1) In section 44 of the Registered Designs Act 1949...

s.sch003 In section 45 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (application...

s.sch003 (1) Section 46 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (application...

s.sch003 For section 47 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (application...

s.sch003 In the Registered Designs Act 1949, after section 47 insert—...

s.sch003 In section 48 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (repeals,...

s.sch003 (1) The First Schedule to the Registered Designs Act 1949...

s.sch003 Schedule 2 to the Registered Designs Act 1949 (enactments repealed)...

s.sch003 In section 9 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (exemption...

s.sch003 In section 14 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (registration...

s.sch003 In section 15(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (power...

s.sch004 The Registered Designs Act 1949 as amended Arrangement of Sections

s.sch004 (1) Where Crown use is made of a registered design,...

s.sch005 Patents: miscellaneous amendments

s.sch005 In section 13(2) of the Patents Act 1949 (duty of...

s.sch005 In section 74(6) (meaning of “entitlement proceedings”), for “section 37(1)(a)...

s.sch005 (1) In section 39 of the Patents Act 1977 (right...

s.sch005 (1) Section 46 of the Patents Act 1977 (licences of...

s.sch005 In section 49 of the Patents Act 1977 (supplementary provisions...

s.sch005 For section 51 of the Patents Act 1977 (licences of...

s.sch005 In section 53(2) of the Patents Act 1977 (compulsory licensing:...

s.sch005 (1) In the Patents Act 1977, after section 57 insert—...

s.sch005 For section 64 of the Patents Act 1977 (right to...

s.sch005 In section 72(1) of the Patents Act 1977 (grounds for...

s.sch005 In section 73 of the Patents Act 1977 (revocation on...

s.sch005 (1) In section 15 of the Patents Act 1977 (filing...

s.sch005 For section 76 of the Patents Act 1977 (amendments of...

s.sch005 (1) Section 77 of the Patents Act 1977 (effect of...

s.sch005 In section 78 of the Patents Act 1977 (effect of...

s.sch005 Section 88 of the Patents Act 1977 (jurisdiction in legal...

s.sch005 (1) Section 89 of the Patents Act 1977 (effect of...

s.sch005 For section 89 of the Patents Act 1977 (effect of...

s.sch005 In the Patents Act 1977, after section 99 (general powers...

s.sch005 For section 102 of the Patents Act 1977 (right of...

s.sch005 In section 118 of the Patents Act 1977 (information about...

s.sch005 In section 123 of the Patents Act 1977 (rules), after...

s.sch005 (1) Section 17 of the Patents Act 1977 (preliminary examination...

s.sch005 In the Patents Act 1977 after section 125 insert— Disclosure...

s.sch005 In section 18 of the Patents Act 1977 (substantive examination...

s.sch005 In section 130(1) of the Patents Act 1977 (interpretation), in...

s.sch005 (1) Section 28 of the Patents Act 1977 (restoration of...

s.sch005 After that section insert— Effect of order for restoration of...

s.sch005 In consequence of the above amendments— (a) in section 60(6)(b)...

s.sch005 (1) Section 37 of the Patents Act 1977 (determination of...

s.sch005a PERMITTED ACTS TO WHICH SECTION 296ZE APPLIES

s.sch006 (1) In this Schedule— “ GOSH Children's Charity ” means...

s.sch006 (1) GOSH Children's Charity is entitled, subject to the following...

s.sch006 No royalty is payable in respect of—

s.sch006 No royalty is payable in respect of anything done in...

s.sch006 (1) In default of agreement application may be made to...

s.sch006 The sums received by GOSH Children's Charity by virtue of...

s.sch006 (1) The right of GOSH Children's Charity under this Schedule...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 For section 2 of the British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act...

s.sch007 (1) Section 92 of the Medicines Act 1968 (scope of...

s.sch007 In Schedule 10 to the Post Office Act 1969 (special...

s.sch007 In section 87 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (merchant...

s.sch007 In section 16 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (returns...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...

s.sch007 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...

s.sch007 (1) The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 is amended as...

s.sch007 In section 10(4) of the Resale Prices Act 1976 (patented...

s.sch007 In section 1(5) of the Chartered Associations (Protection of Names...

s.sch007 In section 57 of the Patents Act 1977 (rights of...

s.sch007 In section 105 of the Patents Act 1977 (privilege in...

s.sch007 In section 123(7) of the Patents Act 1977 (publication of...

s.sch007 In section 130(1) of the Patents Act 1977 (interpretation), in...

s.sch007 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Unfair Contract...

s.sch007 In section 94A of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 (1) The Senior Courts Act 1981 is amended as follows....

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 (1) The Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act...

s.sch007 (1) Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 (registration of...

s.sch007 In section 15 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland)...

s.sch007 In section 8(2) of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1986...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 (1) The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is amended...

s.sch007 (1) In the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 for section 3...

s.sch007 In section 47 of the Patents Act 1949 (rights of...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch007 In section 36 of the London County Council (General Powers)...

s.sch007 Consequential amendments: general

s.sch008 Repeals

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper10n2n1 section 41 (copying by librarians: supply of single copies to...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper11n2n1 section 42 (copying by librarians etc : replacement copies of...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper11n2n2 section 42A (copying by librarians: single copies of published works)...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper12n2n1 section 43 (copying by librarians or archivists: single copies of...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper13n2 section 44 (copy of work required to be made as...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper14n2 section 45 (Parliamentary and judicial proceedings)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper15n2 section 46 (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper16n2 section 47 (material open to public inspection or on official...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper17n2 section 48 (material communicated to the Crown in the course...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper18n2 section 49 (public records)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper19n2 section 50 (acts done under statutory authority)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2 section 29 (research and private study)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2n1 section 29A (copies for text and data analysis for non-commercial...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper20n2 section 61 (recordings of folksongs)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper21n2 section 68 (incidental recording for purposes of broadcast)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper22n2 section 69 (recording for purposes of supervision and control of...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper23n2 section 70 (recording for purposes o f time-shifting)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper23n2n1 f time-shifting)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper24n2 section 71 (photographs of broadcasts)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper26n2 section 75 (recording of broadcast for archival purposes)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper2n2 section 31A (disabled persons: copies of works for personal use)”...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper3n2 section 31B (making and supply of accessible copies by authorised...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper4n2 section 31BA (making and supply of intermediate copies by authorised...

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper5n2 section 32 (illustration for instruction)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper6n2 section 35 (recording by educational establishments of broadcasts)

s.schedule/5a/part/1/paragraph/wrapper7n2 section 36 (copying and use of extracts of works by...

s.schedule/5a/part/2/paragraph/wrapper27n2 paragraph 1C of Schedule 2 (research and private study) paragraph...

s.schedule/5a/part/3/paragraph/wrapper28n2 regulation 20 of and Schedule 1 to the Copyright and...

s.schedule a1 para.1 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision...

s.schedule a1 para.2 Regulations under paragraph 1 may make provision as to conditions...

s.schedule a1 para.3 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—...

s.schedule a1 para.4 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—...

s.schedule a1 para.5 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for...

s.schedule a1 para.6 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a...

s.schedule a1 para.7 (1) The power to make regulations under this Schedule includes...

s.schedule a1 para.8 References in this Schedule to a licensing body are to...

s.schedule za1 para.1 (1) A relevant body does not infringe the copyright in...

s.schedule za1 para.2 (1) In this Schedule “relevant body” means—

s.schedule za1 para.3 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule a relevant work...

s.schedule za1 para.4 A relevant work which is designated as an orphan work...

s.schedule za1 para.5 (1) For the purposes of establishing whether a relevant work...

s.schedule za1 para.6 This Schedule does not prevent the use by a relevant...

s.schedule za1 para.7 (1) This paragraph applies to a rightholder who has not...

9 other provisions

s.008 Restoration of lapsed right in design.

s.008 Effect of order for restoration of right.

s.011 Powers exercisable for protection of the public interest.

s.011 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings.

s.035 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers.

s.047 Territorial waters and the continental shelf.

s.certain permitted uses of orphan works CERTAIN PERMITTED USES OF ORPHAN WORKS

s.para.709 Provisions as to the Use of Registered Designs for the...

s.regulation of licensing bodies Regulation of licensing bodies

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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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