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Regulation 16 Duration of copyright: application of new provisions

United Kingdom

The new provisions relating to duration of copyright apply—

(a)

to copyright works made after commencement;

(b)

to existing works which first qualify for copyright protection after commencement;

(c)

to existing copyright works, subject to Regulation 15 (general saving for any longer period applicable under 1988 provisions); F1...

(d)

to existing works in which copyright expired before 31st December 1995 but which were on 1st July 1995 protected in F2an EEA state under legislation relating to copyright or related rights F3; and

F4(e)

to existing works which qualify for copyright protection as a result of the disapplication of paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Act by sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 16(c) omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 16(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 26(2) (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Word in reg. 16(d) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

F4

Reg. 16(e) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)