- Enforced by
- IPO
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Licence Holder1
Plus 5 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.
Licence Holder — also bound by 245 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations 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.
s.004
Diligent search
Regulated
- Search for right holders before applying for an orphan licenceLicence Holder
s.005
Record and register of orphan works
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authorising body must maintain and publish an orphan works registerStatutory regulator
s.010
Licence fee for an orphan licence
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Charge reasonable orphan licence fees and safeguard monies in designated accountsStatutory regulator
s.011
Reporting requirements
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- IPO must publish annual report on orphan works schemeStatutory regulator
s.012
Rights of identified right holder
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Pay identified right holder and notify licensee within 2 monthsStatutory regulator
s.013
Unclaimed licence fees of orphan works
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authorising body must apply unclaimed orphan-work licence fees to scheme costsStatutory regulator
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Relevant work, right holder and orphan work
s.006
Licensing of orphan works
s.007
Use for incidental purposes
s.008
Renewal of orphan licence
s.009
Processing fee
s.014
Appeals
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.