# The Copyright Act, 1956 (Transitional Extension) Order 1959, Note: Explanatory note


This Order provides that the repeal of the Copyright Act, 1911, as part of the law of any country in the Commonwealth (which may be occasioned, for example, by the extension by Order in Council of the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1956, to that country or by the enactment of local legislation similar to that Act) shall not affect the protection enjoyed in respect of works originating in that country in other countries where the Act of 1911 continues to be law.
This Order does not affect copyright in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1959/103/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956-transitional-extension-order-1959/note
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