# The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances Regulations 2013, Regulation 12: Copyright: interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In the provisions of this Part relating to copyright—
(a) “existing” in relation to a work, means made before commencement; and
(b) “existing copyright work” means a work in which copyright subsisted immediately before commencement.
(2) For the purposes of those provisions a work of which the making extended over a period shall be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
(3) References in those provisions to “moral rights” are to the rights conferred by Chapter IV of Part I of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1782/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-duration-of-rights-in-performances-regulations-2013/regulation-12
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