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Section 303(2).
| 1939 c. 107. | Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act 1939. | In section 10(1), the definition of “copyright”. |
| 1945 c. 16. | Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945. | In sections 2(1) and 4(a), the reference to section 10 of the Copyright Act 1911. |
| 1949 c. 88. | Registered Designs Act 1949. | In section 3(2), the words “or original”. |
| Section 5(5). | ||
| In section 11(2), the words “or original”. | ||
| In section 14(3), the words “or the Isle of Man”. | ||
| Section 32. | ||
| Section 33(2). | ||
| Section 37(1). | ||
| Section 38. | ||
| In section 44(1), the definitions of “copyright” and “Journal”. | ||
| In section 45, paragraphs (1) and (2). | ||
| In section 46, paragraphs (1) and (2). | ||
| 1949 c. 88.—cont. | Registered Designs Act 1949.—cont. | Section 48(1). |
| In Schedule 1, in paragraph 3(1), the words “in such manner as may be prescribed by rules of court”. | ||
| Schedule 2. | ||
| 1956 c. 74. | Copyright Act 1956. | The whole Act. |
| 1957 c. 6. | Ghana Independence Act 1957. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 12. |
| 1957 c. 60. | Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957. | In Schedule 1, paragraphs 14 and 15. |
| 1958 c. 44. | Dramatic and Musical Performers’ Protection Act 1958. | The whole Act. |
| 1958 c. 51. | Public Records Act 1958. | Section 11. |
| Schedule 3. | ||
| 1960 c. 52. | Cyprus Independence Act 1960. | In the Schedule, paragraph 13. |
| 1960 c. 55. | Nigeria Independence Act 1960. | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 12 and 13. |
| 1961 c. 1. | Tanganyika Independence Act 1961. | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 13 and 14. |
| 1961 c. 16. | Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961. | In Schedule 3, paragraphs 13 and 14. |
| 1961 c. 25. | Patents and Designs (Renewals, Extensions and Fees) Act 1961. | The whole Act. |
| 1962 c. 40. | Jamaica Independence Act 1962. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 13. |
| 1962 c. 54. | Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 13. |
| 1963 c. 53. | Performers’ Protection Act 1963. | The whole Act. |
| 1964 c. 46. | Malawi Independence Act 1964. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 13. |
| 1964 c. 65. | Zambia Independence Act 1964. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 9. |
| . . . F1. | ||
| 1964 c. 93. | Gambia Independence Act 1964. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 12. |
| 1966 c. 24. | Lesotho Independence Act 1966. | In the Schedule, paragraph 9. |
| 1966 c. 37. | Barbados Independence Act 1966. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 12. |
| 1967 c. 80. | Criminal Justice Act 1967. | In Parts I and IV of Schedule 3, the entries relating to the Registered Designs Act 1949. |
| 1968 c. 56. | Swaziland Independence Act 1968. | In the Schedule, paragraph 9. |
| 1968 c. 67. | Medicines Act 1968. | In section 92(2)(a), the words from “or embodied” to “film”. |
| Section 98. | ||
| 1968 c. 68. | Design Copyright Act 1968. | The whole Act. |
| 1971 c. 4. | Copyright (Amendment) Act 1971. | The whole Act. |
| 1971 c. 23. | Courts Act 1971. | In Schedule 9, the entry relating to the Copyright Act 1956. |
| 1971 c. 62. | Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 24. |
| 1972 c. 32. | Performers’ Protection Act 1972. | The whole Act. |
| 1975 c. 24. | House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part II of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Performing Right Tribunal. |
| 1975 c. 25. | Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part II of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Performing Right Tribunal. |
| 1977 c. 37. | Patents Act 1977. | Section 14(4) and (8). |
| In section 28(3), paragraph (b) and the word “and” preceding it. | ||
| Section 28(5) to (9). | ||
| Section 49(3). | ||
| Sections 72(3). | ||
| Sections 84 and 85. | ||
| Section 88. | ||
| Section 104. | ||
| In section 105, the words “within the meaning of section 104 above”. | ||
| Sections 114 and 115. | ||
| Section 123(2)(k). | ||
| In section 130(1), the definition of “patent agent”. | ||
| In section 130(7), the words “88(6) and (7),”. | ||
| In Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 2, in paragraph 3 the words “and 44(1)” and “in each case”, and paragraphs 7 and 8. | ||
| 1979 c. 2. | Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. | In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Copyright Act 1956. |
| 1980 c. 21. | Competition Act 1980. | Section 14. |
| 1981 c. 68. | Broadcasting Act 1981. | Section 20(9)(a). |
| 1982 c. 35. | Copyright Act 1956 (Amendment) Act 1982. | The whole Act. |
| 1983 c. 42. | Copyright (Amendment) Act 1983. | The whole Act. |
| 1984 c. 46. | Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984. | Section 8(8). |
| Section 16(4) and (5). | ||
| Sections 22 to 24. | ||
| Section 35(2) and (3). | ||
| Sections 53 and 54. | ||
| In section 56(2), the definition of “the 1956 Act”. | ||
| In Schedule 5, paragraphs 6, 7, 13 and 23. | ||
| 1985 c. 21. | Films Act 1985. | Section 7(2). |
| 1985 c. 41. | Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985. | The whole Act. |
| 1985 c. 61. | Administration of Justice Act 1985. | Section 60. |
| 1986 c. 39. | Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 1(2)(a), in paragraph 1(2)(k) the words “subsection (1)(j) of section 396 and” and in paragraph 1(2)(1) the words “subsection (2)(i) of section 93”. |
| 1988 c. 1. | Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. | In Schedule 29, paragraph 5. |
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F1In Sch. 8 entry relating to the Malta Independence Act 1964 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50 s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XVI
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