{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-copyright-and-rights-in-performances-licensing-of-orphan-works-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111117644",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Licensing of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-copyright-and-rights-in-performances-licensing-of-orphan-works-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;\n“authorising body” means the Comptroller;\n“Comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;\n“diligent search” has the meaning set out in regulation 4;\n“identified right holder” is a right holder of the type referred to in regulation 12(1);\n“orphan licence” is a licence authorising the use of an orphan work;\n“orphan licensee” means a person who either wishes to be granted or has been granted an orphan licence;\n“orphan work” has the meaning set out in regulation 3;\n“relevant work” has the meaning set out in regulation 3;\n“restricted acts” means the acts in relation to a performance to which sections 182, 182A, 182B, 182C, 182CA, 183 or 184 of the Act apply;\n“right holder” has the meaning set out in regulation 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 182 was substituted by, and sections 182A – 182 C and 182CA inserted by S.I 1996/2967 and amended by S.I. 2003/2498, S.I. 2006/18, S.I 2013/1782; section 183 was amended by S.I. 2003/2498."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117644/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:12:30.487941+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."
}