Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

176 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate.U.K.

(1)The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by or on behalf of a person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by the affixing of its seal—

  • section 78(3)(b) (assertion by licensor of right to identification of author in case of public exhibition of copy made in pursuance of the licence),

  • section 90(3) (assignment of copyright),

  • section 91(1) (assignment of future copyright),

  • section 92(1) (grant of exclusive licence).

(2)The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by a person is satisfied in the case of a body corporate by signature on behalf of the body or by the affixing of its seal—

  • section 78(2)(b) (assertion by instrument in writing of right to have author identified),

  • section 87(2) (waiver of moral rights).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 161, 162, 171(1)(3), 172-179 applied (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 17(4) (with Pt. III)