SCHEDULES
I1 SCHEDULE 8 Modifications of enactments
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48)
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1
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.
2
In section 12(9) (duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works), for “166” there is substituted “
166A
”
.
3
In section 153(2) (qualification for copyright protection), for “166” there is substituted “
166A
”
.
4
In section 163(6) (Crown copyright), for “and 166” there is substituted “
to 166A
”
.
5
In section 164(1) (Crown copyright in Acts of Parliament etc.), after “Parliament” there is inserted “
Act of the Scottish Parliament
”
.
6
After section 166 there is inserted—
166A Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament.
1
Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Scottish Parliament belongs to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
2
Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Parliament for introduction—
a
until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
b
if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further parliamentary proceedings may be taken in respect of it.
3
References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165) include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to other Parliamentary copyright.
4
No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Parliament.
7
In section 178 (minor definitions)—
a
in the definition of “the Crown”, after “of” there is inserted “
the Scottish Administration or of
”
, and
b
in the definition of “parliamentary proceedings”, after “Assembly” there is inserted “
of the Scottish Parliament
”
.
8
In section 179 (index of defined expressions), in column 2 of the entry for “Parliamentary copyright”, for “and 166(6)” there is substituted “
166(6) and 166A(3)
”
.
Sch. 8 wholly in force at 1.4.2000: Sch. 8 partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 130(1); specified provisions of Sch. 8 in force at 6.5.1999, 20.5.1999, 1.7.1999 and 1.4.2000 by S.I. 1998/3178, arts. 2(2), 3.