Article 2

The following provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall come into force on 1st August 1989:

• Part I (copyright);

• Part II (rights in performances);

• Part III (design right);

• Part IV (registered designs), except–

  • section 272 in so far as it relates to paragraph 21 of Schedule 3, and

  • section 273;

• Part VI (patents), except–

  • sections 293 and 294, and

  • section 295 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 11 and 17 to 30 of Schedule 5;

• Part VII (miscellaneous and general), except—

  • section 301,

  • section 303(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 15, 18(2) and 21 of Schedule 7, and

  • section 303(2) in so far as it relates to the references in Schedule 8 to section 32 of the Registered Designs Act 1949^f1 and to the provisions of the Patents Act 1977^f2, other than section 49(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 5 to, that Act;

• Schedule 1 (copyright: transitional provisions and savings);

• Schedule 2 (rights in performances: permitted acts);

• Schedule 3 (minor and consequential amendments to the Registered Designs Act 1949), other than paragraph 21;

• Schedule 5 (patents: miscellaneous amendments), other than paragraphs 1 to 11 and 17 to 30;

• Schedule 7 (consequential amendments), other than paragraphs 15, 18(2) and 21;

• Schedule 8 (repeals), except in so far as it relates to–

  • section 32 of the Registered Designs Act 1949, and

  • the provisions of the Patents Act 1977, other than section 49(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 5 to, that Act.