{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-172A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-172A.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": "section/172A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "172A",
  "heading": "Meaning of EEA and related expressions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“ the EEA ” means the European Economic Area; and\n“ EEA state ” means a member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 172A inserted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 11(1) (with Pt. III)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 172A(1) substituted (29.4.2006) by The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1028), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 172A(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 18 (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 172A(3) repealed (29.4.2006) by The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1028), reg. 2(4), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 172A(1) and sidenote substituted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 9(5) (with Pt. III)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 161, 162, 171(1)(3), 172-179 applied (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 17(4) (with Pt. III)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/172A",
    "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."
}