# The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 18 (infringement by issue of copies to the public) , in subsection (2), after “put into circulation in” insert “ the United Kingdom or ”.
(3) In section 27 (meaning of “infringing copy”) , in subsection (5), for the words from “any enforceable” to the end substitute “ anything which forms part of retained EU law as a result of section 3 or 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”.
(4) In section 182B (consent required for issue of copies to the public) —
(a) in subsection (2), for “EEA” (in each place) substitute “ UK-EEA area ”;
(b) in subsection (3)—
(i) in paragraph (b), for “another” substitute “ an ”;
(ii) in the words after that paragraph, for “EEA” (in both places) substitute “ UK-EEA area ”;
(c) after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) In this section “UK-EEA area” means the United Kingdom and the EEA, taken together.”.
(5) In section 228 (meaning of “infringing article”) , in subsection (5), for the words from “any enforceable” to the end substitute “ anything which forms part of retained EU law as a result of section 3 or 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/265/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-exhaustion-of-rights-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-4
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