PART 3Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988I14

1

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 M1 is amended as follows.

2

In section 18 (infringement by issue of copies to the public) M2, in subsection (2), after “put into circulation in” insert “ the United Kingdom or ”.

3

In section 27 (meaning of “infringing copy”) M3, in subsection (5), for the words from “any enforceable” to the end substitute “ anything which forms part of retained EU law as a result of section 3 or 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”.

4

In section 182B (consent required for issue of copies to the public) M4—

a

in subsection (2), for “EEA” (in each place) substitute “ UK-EEA area ”;

b

in subsection (3)—

i

in paragraph (b), for “another” substitute “ an ”;

ii

in the words after that paragraph, for “EEA” (in both places) substitute “ UK-EEA area ”;

c

after subsection (3) insert—

3A

In this section “UK-EEA area” means the United Kingdom and the EEA, taken together.

5

In section 228 (meaning of “infringing article”) M5, in subsection (5), for the words from “any enforceable” to the end substitute “ anything which forms part of retained EU law as a result of section 3 or 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”.