{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-performances-application-to-other-countries-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1219",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-performances-application-to-other-countries-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Copyright\nRights In Performances\nMade 14th December 2016\nLaid before Parliament 20th December 2016\nComing into force 6th April 2017\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2016\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty is satisfied, to the extent that this Order relates to a country that—\n(a)is not an EEA state, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar, and\n(b)is not—\n(i)in relation to copyright, a country party to the Berne Convention or to the World Intellectual Property Organisation Performances and Phonograms Treaty or a member of the World Trade Organisation, or\n(ii)in relation to copyright and performances, a country party to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations or otherwise a Convention country ,\nthat provision has been or will be made under the law of that country giving adequate protection to the owners of copyright under Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and to the owners of rights in respect of British performances .\nAccordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 159, 206(4) and 208 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and, in relation to article 1(3), by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 , makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Cm.1212; “Berne Convention” is defined in section 159(9) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 c.48; section 159 of that Act was substituted by section 22(4) of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c.18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Cm.3728."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Cm.2425."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "“Convention country” is defined in section 208(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1988 c.48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "“British performance” is defined in section 208(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Section 159 was substituted, section 206(4) was inserted and section 208 was amended by section 22 of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c.18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1219/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:00.196922+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}