Part VII Miscellaneous and General
F3Computer programs
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1296A Avoidance of certain terms.
1
Where a person has the use of a computer program under an agreement, any term or condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as it purports to prohibit or restrict—
a
the making of any back up copy of the program which it is necessary for him to have for the purposes of the agreed use;
b
where the conditions in section 50B(2) are met, the decompiling of the program; or
F2c
the observing, studying or testing of the functioning of the program in accordance with section 50BA.
2
In this section, decompile, in relation to a computer program, has the same meaning as in section 50B
Cross heading and s. 296A inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3233, reg.11