# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Paragraph 1


(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for a licensing body to be required to adopt a code of practice that complies with criteria specified in the regulations.
(2) The regulations may provide that, if a licensing body fails to adopt such a code of practice, any code of practice that is approved for the purposes of that licensing body by the Secretary of State, or by a person designated by the Secretary of State under the regulations, has effect as a code of practice adopted by the body.
(3) The regulations must provide that a code is not to be approved for the purposes of provision under sub-paragraph (2) unless it complies with criteria specified in the regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/schedule/A1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/schedule-A1/paragraph-1
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