Saving provisions – articles made in, or imported into, the United Kingdom
4.—(1) This article applies to the following acts done on or after the commencement date but before the depletion date—
(a)the copying of an artistic work;
(b)the provision of means for making a copy of an artistic work; and
(c)the importation into the United Kingdom of a copy of an artistic work.
(2) An act of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1) does not constitute an infringement of copyright if—
(a)that act is done pursuant to a contract entered into before the consultation time; and
(b)before the commencement date that act would not, by virtue of section 52 of the 1988 Act, have constituted an infringement of copyright.