{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-181",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-181.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/181",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "181",
  "heading": "Qualifying performances.",
  "text": "(1) A performance is a qualifying performance for the purposes of this Part if it meets any of Conditions A to D.\n(2) Condition A is that the performance is given by a qualifying individual.\n(3) Condition B is that the performance takes place in a qualifying country.\n(4) Condition C is that the performance is included in a sound recording and—\n(a) the producer of that sound recording is a qualifying individual or a body incorporated under the law of a qualifying country, or\n(b) that sound recording is—\n(i) first published in a qualifying country, or\n(ii) published in a qualifying country within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which it is first published.\n(5) But Condition C is not met if, or to the extent that, the sound recording in question is a copy taken from a previous sound recording.\n(6) Condition D is that—\n(a) the performance has not been included in a sound recording,\n(b) the performance is broadcast, and\n(c) the broadcast is—\n(i) made from a qualifying country, or\n(ii) made by a broadcasting organisation the headquarters of which are situated in a qualifying country.\n(7) In subsection (4)(a), the “producer” of a sound recording means the person who undertakes the arrangements necessary for the making of the sound recording.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 181 substituted (coming into force in accordance with s. 7(1) of the amending Act) by Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024 (c. 6), s. 5(2) (with s. 5(4)-(6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/181",
    "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."
}