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3. Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work was first published before 1st June 1957 it shall not qualify for copyright protection under section 154 of the Act (qualification by reference to author)(1).
Section 154 of the Act was amended by regulation 5(3) of the Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995 S.I. 1995/3297, by section 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 c.8, and by regulation 2(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003.
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