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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/part-II/chapter-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/part-II/chapter-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/48",
  "legislation_title": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988",
  "path": "part/II/chapter/4",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "QUALIFICATION FOR PROTECTION, EXTENT AND INTERPRETATION",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 206-212 become Pt. 2 Ch. 4 (1.2.2006) by virtue of The Performances (Moral Rights, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/18), reg. 4(7) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2017) by The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1219), arts. 1(1), 12, Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2017) by The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1219), arts. 1(1), 11, Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 2 restricted (6.4.2017) by The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1219), arts. 1(1), 9, 11, Sch. (with art. 13) (as amended (15.12.2024) by S.I. 2024/193, arts. 1(2), 6(1)(3)(4) and S.I. 2024/1124, arts. 1(2), 4, 5, 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications) by SI 2016/1219, art. 12B(2)(3) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/103",
      "affecting_title": "The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/part/II/chapter/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:40.311838+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."
}