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The Copyright (Material Open to Public Inspection) (International Organisations) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/1098 · Made 29 June 1989

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COPYRIGHT

Made 29th June 1989

Laid before Parliament 10th July 1989

Coming into force 1st August 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 47(5) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 48.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Material Open to Public Inspection) (International Organisations) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st August 1989.

2

Subsections (1) to (3) of section 47 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 apply, subject to the modifications set out in article 3 below, to material made open to public inspection by–

(a)

the European Patent Office under the Convention on the Grant of European Patentsf1; and

(b)

the World Intellectual Property Organisation under the Patent Co-operation Treatyf2;

as they apply in relation to material open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory requirement or to a statutory register.

3

Subsections (1) to (3) of the said section 47 shall be modified by the substitution for the words “the appropriate person”, in each place where they occur, of the words “the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks”.

Signature

Eric Forth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Trade and Industry

29th June 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Subsections (1) to (3) of section 47 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 provide exceptions to copyright in the case of material which is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory requirement or which is on a statutory register. This Order extends the exceptions to material made open to public inspection by the European Patent Office under the European Patent Convention and by the World Intellectual Property Organisation under the Patent Co-operation Treaty.