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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013-commencement-no-10-and-saving-provisions-order-2016/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/593",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 10 and Saving Provisions) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013-commencement-no-10-and-saving-provisions-order-2016",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Saving provisions – articles made in, or imported into, the United Kingdom",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to the following acts done on or after the commencement date but before the depletion date—\n(a) the copying of an artistic work;\n(b) the provision of means for making a copy of an artistic work; and\n(c) the importation into the United Kingdom of a copy of an artistic work.\n(2) An act of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1) does not constitute an infringement of copyright if—\n(a) that act is done pursuant to a contract entered into before the consultation time; and\n(b) before the commencement date that act would not, by virtue of section 52 of the 1988 Act, have constituted an infringement of copyright.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/593/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:21.459737+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."
}