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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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299Supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception

(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council—

(a)provide that section 297 applies in relation to programmes included in services provided from a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)provide that section 298 applies in relation to such programmes and to encrypted transmissions sent from such a country or territory.

(2)No such Order shall be made unless it appears to Her Majesty that provision has been or will be made under the laws of that country or territory giving adequate protection to persons making charges for programmes included in broadcasting or cable programme services provided from the United Kingdom or, as the case may be, for encrypted transmissions sent from the United Kingdom.

(3)A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection (1) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)Where sections 297 and 298 apply in relation to a broadcasting service or cable programme service, they also apply to any service run for the person providing that service, or a person providing programmes for that service, which consists wholly or mainly in the sending by means of a telecommunications system of sounds or visual images, or both.

(5)In sections 297 and 298, and this section, “programme”, “broadcasting” and “cable programme service”, and related expressions, have the same meaning as in Part I (copyright).

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