# The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, Regulation 25: Introductory

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

(1) In this Part—
“commencement” means the commencement of these Regulations; and
“existing”, in relation to a work or performance, means made or given before commencement.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a work of which the making extended over a period shall be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
(3) In this Part a “new right” means a right arising by virtue of these Regulations, in relation to a copyright work or a qualifying performance, to authorise or prohibit an act.
The expression does not include—
(a) a right corresponding to a right which existed immediately before commencement, or
(b) a right to remuneration arising by virtue of these Regulations.
(4) Expressions used in this Part have the same meaning in relation to copyright as they have in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and in relation to performances as in Part II of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2967/regulation/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-related-rights-regulations-1996/regulation-25
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