# The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016, Introduction: Introductory text


Copyright
Rights In Performances
Made 14th December 2016
Laid before Parliament 20th December 2016
Coming into force 6th April 2017
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2016
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty is satisfied, to the extent that this Order relates to a country that—
(a)is not an EEA state, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar, and
(b)is not—
(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
(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 ,
that 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 .
Accordingly, 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:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1219/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-performances-application-to-other-countries-order-2016/introduction
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