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| [F1accessible copy | section 31F(3)] |
| account of profits and accounts (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| acts restricted by copyright | section 16(1) |
| adaptation | section 21(3) |
| [F1approved body | section 31B(12)] |
| archivist (in sections 37 to 43) | section 37(6) |
| article (in a periodical) | section 178 |
| artistic work | section 4(1) |
| assignment (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| author | sections 9 and 10(3) |
| broadcast (and related expressions) | section 6 |
| building | section 4(2) |
| business | section 178 |
| F2... | F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| collective work | section 178 |
| commencement (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule |
| commercial publication | section 175 |
| [F4communication to the public | section 20] |
| computer-generated | section 178 |
| copy and copying | section 17 |
| copyright (generally) | section 1 |
| copyright (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule |
| copyright owner | sections 101(2) and 173 |
| Copyright Tribunal | section 145 |
| copyright work | section 1(2) |
| costs (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| country | section 178 |
| [F5country of origin] | [F5section 15A.] |
| the Crown | section 178 |
| Crown copyright | sections 163(2) and 164(3) |
| [F6database] | [F6section 3A(1)] |
| defendant (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| delivery up (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| dramatic work | section 3(1) |
| educational establishment | sections 174(1) to (4) |
| electronic and electronic form | section 178 |
| employed, employee, employer and employment | section 178 |
| [F7excepted sound recording | section 72(1A)] |
| exclusive licence | section 92(1) |
| [F8the EEA, EEA state and national of an EEA state] | [F9section 172A] |
| existing works (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule |
| facsimile copy | section 178 |
| film | [F10section 5B] |
| future copyright | section 91(2) |
| general licence (in sections 140 and 141) | section 140(7) |
| graphic work | section 4(2) |
| infringing copy | section 27 |
| injunction (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| interlocutory relief (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| international organisation | section 178 |
| issue of copies to the public | [F11section 18] |
| joint authorship (work of) | sections 10(1) and (2) |
| judicial proceedings | section 178 |
| [F12lawful user (in sections 50A to 50C)] | [F12section 50A(2).] |
| [F13lending] | [F13section 18A(2) to (6)] |
| librarian (in sections 37 to 43) | section 37(6) |
| licence (in sections 125 to 128) | section 124 |
| licence of copyright owner | sections 90(4), 91(3) and 173 |
| licensing body (in Chapter VII) | section 116(2) |
| licensing scheme (generally) | section 116(1) |
| licensing scheme (in sections 118 to 121) | section 117 |
| literary work | section 3(1) |
| made (in relation to a literary, dramatic or musical work) | section 3(2) |
| musical work | section 3(1) |
| [F14needletime] | [F14section 135A] |
| the new copyright provisions (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| the 1911 Act (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| the 1956 Act (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| on behalf of (in relation to an educational establishment) | section 174(5) |
| [F6original (in relation to a database)] | [F6section 3A(2)] |
| Parliamentary copyright | sections 165(2) and (7) [F15166(6) [F16166A(3) [F17166B(3) 166C(3) and 166D(3)]]] |
| parliamentary proceedings | section 178 |
| performance | section 19(2) |
| photograph | section 4(2) |
| plaintiff (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| prescribed conditions (in sections 38 to 43) | section 37(1)(b) |
| prescribed library or archive (in sections 38 to 43) | section 37(1)(a) |
| [F18private study | section 178] |
| [F19producer (in relation to a sound recording or film] | [F19section 178.] |
| programme (in the context of broadcasting) | section 6(3) |
| prospective owner (of copyright) | section 91(2) |
| [F20public library] | [F20section 178.] |
| publication and related expressions | section 175 |
| published edition (in the context of copyright in the typographical arrangement) | section 8 |
| pupil | section 174(5) |
| rental | [F21section 18A(2) to (6)] |
| [F13rental right] | [F13section 178.] |
| reprographic copies and repographic copying | section 178 |
| reprographic process | section 178 |
| sculpture | section 4(2) |
| signed | section 176 |
| sound recording | [F22sections 5A and 135A] |
| sufficient acknowledgement | section 178 |
| sufficient disclaimer | section 178 |
| teacher | section 174(5) |
| telecommunications system | section 178 |
| [F14terms of payment] | [F14section 135A] |
| typeface | section 178 |
| unauthorised (as regards things done in relation to a work) | section 178 |
| unknown (in relation to the author of a work) | section 9(5) |
| unknown authorship (work of) | section 9(4) |
| [F1visually impaired person | section 31F(9)] |
| [F23wireless broadcast | section 178] |
| wireless telegraphy | section 178 |
| work (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule |
| work of more than one author (in Chapter VII) | section 116(4) |
| writing and written | section 178 |
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F1Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by 2002 c. 33, ss. 7(2), 8(2); S.I. 2003/2499, art. 2
F2S. 179: entry for "cable programme, cable programme service (and related expressions)" repealed (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with regs. 31-40)
F3Words in s. 179 repealed (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with regs. 32, 33)
F4Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
F5Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 8(2) (with Pt. III)
F6Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/3032, reg. 11 (with Pt. IV)
F7Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 21(7) (with regs. 31-40)
F8Words in s. 179 substituted (29.4.2006) by The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1028), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 9
F9Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 11(2) (with Pt. III)
F10Words in s. 179 substituted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 9(5)(a) (with Pt. III)
F11Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 9(6)(b) (with Pt. III)
F12Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3233, reg. 9
F13Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 10(4) (with Pt. III)
F14Words inserted by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c.42, SIF 96), s. 175(3)
F15Words in s. 179 substituted (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125(1), Sch. 8 para. 25(8); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3
F16Words in s. 179 substituted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 99, Sch. 13 para. 8(8) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
F17Words in s. 179 substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), Sch. 10 para. 30 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.
F18Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
F19Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996 with effect in relation to films made on or after 1.7.1994) by S.I. 1996/2967, regs. 18(6), 36 (with Pt. III)
F20Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 11(6) (with Pt. III)
F21Words in s. 179 substituted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 10(4) (with Pt. III)
F22Words in s. 179 substituted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 9(5)(b) (with Pt. III)
F23Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
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)
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