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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force forthwith the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 specified in the Schedule to it for the purpose only of enabling the subordinate legislation referred to in the Schedule to be made to come into force on 1st August 1989. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/816 (C.21)) brings into force the majority of the provisions (including those mentioned in the Schedule to this Order) on 1st August 1989.