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The Copyright (Computer Software) (Extension to Territories) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/2200 · Made 18 December 1987

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Made 18th December 1987

Laid before Parliament 8th January 1988

Coming into force 1st February 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of December 1987

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon Her by section 31 of the Copyright Act 1956f1 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased to direct, and it is hereby directed, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1956 c. 74; Part V of the Copyright Act 1956 was applied by section 4(2) of the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 (c. 41).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule 1COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE COPYRIGHT (COMPUTER SOFTWARE) AMENDMENT ACT 1985 EXTENDS
  5. Schedule 2: MODIFICATIONS TO THE COPYRIGHT (COMPUTER SOFTWARE) AMENDMENT ACT 1985, AS EXTENDED TO THE COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN SCHEDULE 1
  6. 1Paragraph 1
  7. 2Paragraph 2
  8. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Computer Software) (Extension to Territories) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st February 1988.

2

The Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985f1, except section 4(3) and (5) thereof, shall extend to the countries mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order, subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Schedule 1COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE COPYRIGHT (COMPUTER SOFTWARE) AMENDMENT ACT 1985 EXTENDS

Bermuda
British Indian Ocean Territory
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
Montserrat
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

1

The references in the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 (in this Schedule referred to as “the 1985 Act”) to the Copyright Act 1956 shall be construed as references to the said Act of 1956, as modified in its extension to the country concernedf1.

2

In section 3 of the 1985 Act, for the words “sections 21 to 21B” there shall be substituted—

(a)

in British Indian Ocean Territory, in Falkland Islands and in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the words “section 21”;

(b)

in the other countries mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order, the words “sections 21 and 21A”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the extension, with the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to the Order, of the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 to the countries listed in Schedule 1 to the Order.