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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-related-rights-regulations-1996/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-related-rights-regulations-1996/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2967",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-related-rights-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "General rules",
  "text": "(1) Subject to anything in regulations 28 to 36 (special transitional provisions and savings), these regulations apply to copyright works made, and to performances given, before or after commencement.\n(2) No act done before commencement shall be regarded as an infringement of any new right, or as giving rise to any right to remuneration arising by virtue of these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in force at 1.12.1996, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2967/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:28.393911+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."
}