# The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, Regulation 17A: Presumptions relevant to works subject to publication right


In proceedings brought by virtue of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as applied to publication right by regulation 17, with respect to a work, where copies of the work as issued to the public bear a statement that a named person was the owner of publication right in the work at the date of issue of the copies, the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the fact stated and shall be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2967/regulation/17A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-related-rights-regulations-1996/regulation-17A
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