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The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997

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Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 3032

COPYRIGHT

RIGHTS IN DATABASES

The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997

Made

18th December 1997

Coming into force

1st January 1998

Whereas a draft of the following Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to measures relating to copyright(2) and measures relating to the prevention of unauthorised extraction of the contents of a database and of unauthorised re-utilisation of those contents(3), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) and (4) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1972 c. 68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of that Act by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom arising under the EEA Agreement.

(2)

S.I. 1993/595.

(3)

S.I. 1996/3155.

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