Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on 15 November 1988. It reformulates almost completely the statutory basis of copyright law in the United Kingdom, which had, until then, been governed by the Copyright Act 1956. It also creates an unregistered design right, and contains a number of modifications to the law of the United Kingdom on Registered Designs and patents.
Essentially, the 1988 Act and amendment establishes that copyright in most works lasts until 70 years after the death of the creator if known, otherwise 70 years after the work was created or published.
In order for a creation to be protected by copyright it must fall within one of the following categories of work: literary work, dramatic work, musical work, artistic work, films, sound recordings, broadcasts, and typographical arrangement of published editions.

The Act

Part 1 of the Act "restates and amends" the statutory basis for United Kingdom copyright law,
although the Copyright Acts of 1911 and 1956 continue to have some effect in limited circumstances under ss. 170 & 171 and Schedule 1. It brings United Kingdom law into line with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, which the UK signed more than one hundred years previously, and allowed the ratification of the Paris Act of 1971.

Territorial application

Part I of the Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom ; amendments by Order in Council extended the Act to Bermuda and Gibraltar. Works originating in the Isle of Man or the following former dependent territories qualify for copyright under the Act: Antigua, Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, Swaziland and Tuvalu. All other countries of origin whose works qualified for United Kingdom copyright under the UK Copyright Act 1911, also known as the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911, or the 1956 Acts continue to qualify under this Act.

Works subject to copyright

The Act simplifies the different categories of work which are protected by copyright, eliminating the specific treatment of engravings and photographs.

literary, dramatic and musical works : these must be recorded in writing or otherwise to be granted copyright, and copyright subsists from the date at which recording takes place
artistic works : includes buildings, photographs, engravings and works of artistic craftsmanship.
sound recordings and films
broadcasts : a broadcast is a transmission by wireless telegraphy which is intended for, and capable of reception by, members of the public.
published editions means the published edition of the whole or part of one or more literary, dramatic or musical works.

The following works are exempted from copyright by the transitional provisions of Schedule 1:

artistic works made before 1 June 1957 which constituted a design which could be registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949 c. 88 and which was used as a model for reproduction by an industrial process ;
films made before 1 June 1957: these are treated as dramatic works and/or as photographs ;
broadcasts made before 1 June 1957 and cable programmes transmitted before 1 January 1985.

The Act as it received Royal Assent does not substantially change the qualification requirements of the author or the country of origin of the work, which are restated as ss. 153-156: these have since been largely modified, in particular by the Duration of Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1995 No. 3297.

Rights in performances

Part II of the Act creates a series of performers' rights in application of the
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations of 1961. These rights are retrospective in respect of performances before commencement on 1 August 1989. These rights have been largely extended by the transposition of European Union directives and by the application of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty: the section below describes only the rights which were created by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 itself.
A performer has the exclusive right to authorise the recording and/or broadcast of his performances. The use or broadcast of recordings without the performer's consent and the import or distribution of illicit recordings are also infringements of the performer's rights. A person having an exclusive recording contract over one or more performances of an artist holds equivalent rights to the performer himself. Schedule 2 lists the permitted acts in relation to these rights.
Rights in performances last for fifty years from the end of the year in which the performance was given. They may not be assigned or transferred, and pass to the performer's executors on death. An infringement of [|rights in performances] is actionable under the tort of breach of statutory duty. Orders are available for the delivery up and disposal of infringing copies : holders in rights in performances may also seize such copies. The making, dealing in or use of infringing copies is a criminal offense, as is the false representation of authority to give consent.

Duration of copyright

The provisions on duration have been largely modified by the Duration of Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1995 No. 3297. The provisions of the 1988 Act as it received Royal Assent are given below. All periods of copyright run until the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire. The duration of copyright under the 1988 Act does not depend on the initial owner of the copyright, nor on the country of origin of the work. The following durations do not apply to [|Crown copyright, Parliamentary copyright or the copyright of international organisations].

Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works	s. 12	Copyright lasts for seventy years from the death of the author. If the author is unknown, copyright expires seventy years after the work is first made available to the public. If the work is computer-generated, copyright expires fifty years after the work is made.
Sound recordings and films	s. 13	Copyright lasts for fifty years after the recording is made.If the recording or film is released within this period, the copyright lasts for fifty years from the date of first release. Note that the Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995 amended the durations, for films only, to seventy years from the death of the last principal director, author or composer. If the film is of unknown authorship: seventy years from creation, or if released within this period, seventy years from first release.
Broadcasts and cable programmes	s. 14	Copyright lasts for fifty years after the first broadcast or transmission. The repeat of a broadcast or a cable programme does not generate a new copyright period.
Typographical arrangements	s. 15	Copyright lasts for twenty-five years after the edition is published.

Transitional provisions

These provisions apply to works existing on 1 August 1989, other than those covered by [|Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright].
The duration of copyright in the following types of work continued to be governed by the 1956 Act:

literary, dramatic and musical works published posthumously;
engravings published posthumously;
published photographs and photographs taken before 1 June 1957;
published sound recordings and sound recordings made before 1 June 1957;
published films and registered films;
anonymous and pseudonymous literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works where these have been published and unless the identity of the author becomes known.

— however these transitional provisions were largely cancelled by the 1995 Regulations, which in many cases caused lapsed UK copyrights to be revived.
Copyright in the following types of work lasts until 31 December 2039:

unpublished literary, dramatic and musical works of which the author has died ;
unpublished engravings of which the author has died;
unpublished photographs taken on or after 1 June 1957;
unpublished sound recordings made on or after 1 June 1957, unless they are released during the period of copyright;
films which were neither published nor registered, unless they are released during the period of copyright;
works of universities and colleges which were protected by perpetual copyright under the Copyright Act 1775 c. 53.
Mass-produced artistic works

Artistic works that are mass-produced by an industrial process suffer from a downgrading of their copyright term from the life of the creator plus 70 to 25 years as a result of the provisions of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill was introduced into Parliament on 23 May 2012 and is likely to become law in late 2012 or early 2013. If section 56 of the Bill is enacted then artistic works that are mass-produced by the copyright holder will benefit from the same period of protection as those not replicated in large numbers. The result will be a significant extension from 25 years to that of the life of the creator plus 70 years. The proposed change is a reaction to pressure from the international furniture industry supported by manufacturers of decorative arts: copyright holders of many famous and much copied 20th century furniture design classics such as the Egg Chair and Barcelona Daybed hope that long expired copyright periods will be revived allowing for a further period of commercial exploitation. Some legal commentators have doubted whether the legislation will have the desired effect. They contend that many mass-produced items of 20th-century industrial furniture may not be defined by the courts of the United Kingdom as works of artistic craftsmanship but as mere designs. A design that is not an artistic work attracts no copyright protection under the 1988 Act.

Peter Pan

Section 301 and Schedule 6 contain an unusual grant of the right to royalties in perpetuity, proposed by Jim Callaghan, enabling Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children to continue to receive royalties for performances and adaptations, publications and broadcast of "Peter Pan" whose author, J. M. Barrie, had given his copyright to the hospital in 1929, later confirmed in his will. Although often incorrectly referred to as a perpetual copyright, it does not confer Great Ormond Street Hospital full intellectual property rights over the work. The amendment was proposed when Peter Pan's copyright first expired on 31 December 1987, 50 years after Barrie's death, which was the copyright term at that time. Following EU legislation extending the term to author's life + 70 years, Peter Pan's copyright was revived in 1996 and expired on 31 December 2007 in the UK, where Great Ormond Street Hospital's right to remuneration in perpetuity now prevails.

Fair dealing defences and permitted acts

Chapter III of Part I of the Act provides for a number of situations where copying or use of a work will not be deemed to infringe the copyright, in effect limitations on the rights of copyright holders. The existing common law defences to copyright infringement, notably fair dealing and the public interest defence, are not affected, although many of the statutory permitted acts would also qualify under one of the common law defences: the defence of statutory authority is specifically maintained in section 50. This chapter of the Act has been substantially modified, notably by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 No. 2498 transposing the EU Information Society Directive: the description below is of the Act as it received Royal Assent.

Fair dealing defences

The following are also permitted acts :

Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of private study or research ;
Fair dealing with a work with acknowledgement for the purposes of quotation, criticism or review or, unless the work is a photograph, for the purposes of news reporting ;
Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of caricature, parody or pastiche ;
Incidental inclusion of copyright material in another work ;
Public reading or recital by a single person with acknowledgement ;
Copying and distribution of copies of the abstracts of scientific and technical articles ;
Recordings of folk songs for archives ;
Photographs, graphic works, films or broadcasts of buildings and sculptures in a public place ;
Copying and distribution of copies of an artistic work for the purpose of advertising its sale ;
Reconstruction of a building
Rental of sound recordings, films and computer programs under a scheme which provides for reasonable royalty to the copyright holder ;
Playing of sound recordings for the purposes of a non-commercial club or society ;
Recording for the purposes of time-shifting ;
Free public showing of broadcasts ;
Provision of subtitled copies of broadcasts for the handicapped by designated bodies ;
Recording of broadcasts for archival purposes.
Educational use

In general, limited copying for educational use is permitted so long as it is 'fair dealing' and is performed by the person giving or receiving instruction or by the education establishment in the case of a broadcast : however, reprographic copying of published editions is only permitted within the limit of 5% of the work per year. Works may be performed in educational establishments without infringing copyright, provided that no members of the public are present : the parents of pupils are considered members of the public unless they have some other connection with the establishment there are different things too.. Further provisions are contained in secondary legislation.

Libraries and archives

Librarians may make and supply single copies of an article or of a reasonable proportion of a literary, artistic or musical work to individuals who request them for the purposes of private study or research ; copying of the entire work is possible if it is unpublished and the author has not prohibited copying. They may also make and supply copies to other libraries and make copies of works in their possession where it is not reasonably possible to purchase further copies. The detailed conditions for making copies are contained in secondary legislation, currently the Copyright Regulations 1989 No. 1212.

Public administration

Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of parliamentary or judicial proceedings or for the purposes of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry. The Crown may make copies of works which are submitted to it for official purposes. Material which is open to public inspection or on an official register may be copied under certain conditions: this includes material made open to public inspection by the European Patent Office and by the World Intellectual Property Organization under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and material held as public records under the Public Records Act 1958 c. 51 or similar legislation.

Relevant cases

Test of joint ownership - Problems can occur when there is a need to determine whether a person involved in the creation of a piece of work may have joint ownership. When this is the case, there is a test that can be applied, similar to the one which is used to determine originality. This test is used in order to show that the labour, skill and judgement exercised by the author are unique and are that of which are protected by copyright.
* Levy v Rutley - In this case it was stated that there can be no finding of joint authorship in a copyright work in the absence of a common intention to that effect. It is implicit in the concept of 'collaboration' that there must be "joint labouring in the furtherance of a common design". This means that it is necessary for both authors to make a significant contribution and that they must have had a similar plan.
* Stuart v Barret - The court described the test for joint authorship in a work of music: "What the claimant to joint authorship of a work must establish is that he has made a significant and original contribution to the creation of the work and that he has done so pursuant to a common design." It is not necessary that his contribution to the work is equal in terms of either quantity, quality, or originality to that of his collaborators. Nor, in the case of a song, does it matter that his contribution is to the orchestral arrangement of the song rather than to the song itself."
* Godfrey v Lees - The claimant was a classically trained pianist invited by a pop group to reside with them and act as orchestral arranger of a number of their songs. He never became a member of the group. The issue here was whether the claimant was the joint owner of copyright in six musical works for which he had made orchestral arrangements or contributed to their composition. It was held that the claimant had established that he had made a significant and original contribution to the creation of the work and must be regarded as a joint author. But as he had waited 14 years before asserting his rights, he was stopped from revoking the implied license granted to the pop group for the exploitation of the works.
Test of originality
* University of London Press v University Tutorial Press - This case explains the concept of originality. Here, examiners were hired to create exam scripts for the University of London. The question arose as to whether certain mathematics exam papers were original literary works. The exam papers just consisted of conventional maths problems in a conventional manner. The court held that originality does not mean that the work must be an expression of individual thought. The simple fact that the authors drew on a body of knowledge common to mathematicians did not compromise originality. The requirement of originality, it was held, does not require that expression be in an original or novel form. It does, however, require that the work not be copied from another work. It must originate from the author. As such, even though these were the same old maths problems every student is familiar with, and even though there was no creative input, the skill, labour, and judgement of the authors was sufficient to make the papers original literary works. Essentially, the criteria is satisfied if the work is not a copy of a preceding work and it is originated from the author, who must have exercised the requisite labour, skill or judgement in producing the work.
Performing rights
* Gramophone Company v Stephen Cawardine - The coffee shop, Stephen Carwardine & Co, had been keeping its customers entertained by playing records. EMI, then called The Gramophone Company and argued that it was against the law to play the record in public without first receiving the permission of the copyright owners. The judge agreed, establishing this as a legal principle. EMI and Decca formed Phonographic Performance Ltd to carry out this licensing role and opened the first office in London. The Copyright Act 1956 led to the expansion of PPL's role to also cover the licensing of broadcasters that played recorded music. Further copyright law changes in 1988 strengthened PPL's licensing position. In 1996, performers were given the rights to receive 'equitable remuneration' where recordings of their performances were played in public or broadcast – leading to PPL paying them royalties directly for the first time. In addition, it was stated by Maugham J that, "the arrangement of the recording instruments in the building where the record is to be made, the building itself, the timing to fit the record, the production of the artistic effects, and, perhaps above all, the persons who play the instruments, not forgetting the conductor, combine together to make an artistic record, which is very far from the mere production of a piece of music".
Test of first ownership of copyright in sound recordings
* A&M Records v Video Collection International - Torvill and Dean wanted to create music to dance to. Their service company, Inside Edge, was given the task of doing this. IE engaged a Mr Pullen who in turn engaged an arranger and a conductor. It was common ground that R did the following – commissioned and paid for the musical arrangements, booked and paid for the studio, arranged and paid for the attendance of the 51 musicians necessary to make the recording, engaged and paid for the scoring, a sound engineer, and a fixer and paid for all expenses of the sessions such as meals, taxis, etc. The issue in this case: who was the "author" of the sound recording under s 9 CDPA? By whom were the arrangements necessary for the making of the recording undertaken? Alternatively, was IE the owner in equity under the principles of Massine v De Basil? And if the plaintiffs were not the owners of the copyright, was R stopped from asserting his ownership? In the case, it was held that IE undertook the arrangements through Mr Pullen. R made the recordings, but Mr Pullen undertook the arrangements. It was also an implied term in the contract between R and Mr Pullen that IE would own the copyright. However, had IE not been the copyright owner, R would not have been stopped because he was not aware of his rights.
Moral rights

The Act creates a specific regime of moral rights for the first time in the United Kingdom: previously, an author's moral right had to be enforced through other torts, e.g. defamation, passing off, malicious falsehood. The author's moral rights are:

the right to be identified as the author or the director, right which has to be "asserted" at the time of publication ;
the right to object to derogatory treatment of work ;
the right to object to false attribution of work ;
the right to privacy of certain photographs and films.

The moral rights of an author cannot be transferred to another person and pass to his heirs on his death : however, they may be waived by consent. The right to object to false attribution of work last for twenty years after a person death, the other moral rights last for the same period as the other copyright rights in the work.

Crown and Parliamentary copyrights

The Act simplifies the regime of Crown copyright, that is the copyright in works of the United Kingdom government, and abolishes the perpetual Crown copyright in unpublished works of the Crown. It also creates the separate concept of Parliamentary copyright for the works of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Scottish Parliament, and applies similar rules to the copyrights of certain international organisations.
Crown copyright last for fifty years after publication, or 125 years after creation for unpublished works : however, no unpublished works of the Crown will come into the public domain until 31 December 2039, that is fifty years after the commencement of section 163. Acts of the United Kingdom and Scottish Parliaments and Church of England Measures are protected by Crown copyright for fifty years from Royal Assent. Works of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and of Scotland, except Bills and Acts, are protected by Parliamentary copyright for fifty years after creation: Bills are protected from the date of their introduction to the date of Royal Assent or of rejection. The works of the United Nations and its specialised agencies and of the Organisation of American States are protected for fifty years after creation.

Enforcement of copyright

Infringement of copyright is actionable by the copyright owner as the infringement of a property right or, in the case of infringement of moral rights, as the tort of breach of statutory duty. Damages will not be awarded against an "innocent" defendant, i.e. one who did not know and had no reason to know that the work was under copyright, but other remedies continue to be available. Orders are available for the delivery up and disposal of infringing copies : copyright owners may also seize such copies. The making, dealing in or use of infringing copies is a criminal offence. Copyright owners may ask the HM Revenue and Customs to treat infringing copies as "prohibited goods", in which case they are prohibited from import. Section 297 of the Act makes it an offense to fraudulently receive broadcasts for which a payment is required. Section 300 creates the offense of fraudulently using a trademark, inserted as ss. 58A-58D of the Trade Marks Act 1938 c. 22.

Infringement of performers' rights

The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 amended the CDPA to provide an additional right of performers to require consent before making copies of their performances available to the public by electronic transmission.

Secondary infringement

The Act codifies the principle of secondary infringement, that is knowingly enabling or assisting in the infringement of copyright, which had previously been applied at common law. Secondary infringement covers:

importing infringing copies ;
possessing or dealing with infringing copies ;
providing means for making infringing copies ;
permitting the use of premises for infringing performances ;
providing apparatus for infringing performances.
Criminal offences

Making copies for the purpose of selling or hiring them to others
Importing infringing copies
Offering for sale or hire, publicly displaying or otherwise distributing infringing copies in the course of a business
Distributing a large enough number of copies to have a noticeable effect on the business of the copyright owner
Making or possessing equipment for the purposes of making infringing copies in the course of a business
Publicly performing a work in knowledge that the performance is unauthorised
Communicating copies or infringing the right to "make available" copies to the public
Manufacturing commercially, importing for non-personal use, possessing in the course of a business, or distributing to an extent that has a noticeable effect on the business of the copyright holder, a device primarily designed for circumventing a technological copyright protection measure.

The penalties for these copyright infringement offences may include:

Before a magistrates' Court, the penalties for distributing unauthorised files are a maximum fine of £5,000 and/or six months imprisonment;
On indictment some offences may attract an unlimited fine and up to 10 years imprisonment.
Copyright Tribunal

The Act establishes the Copyright Tribunal as a continuation of the tribunal established under s. 23 of the 1956 Act. The Tribunal is empowered to hear and determine proceedings concerning:

copyright licensing schemes;
royalties for rental of sound recordings, films or computer programs;
licences made available as of right under s. 144 ;
the refusal of a performer to give consent under his rights in performances;
royalties under the perpetual copyright of "Peter Pan".

An appeal on any point of law lies to the High Court, or to the Court of Session under Scots law.

Design right

Part III of the Act creates a "design right" separate from the registration of designs governed by the Registered Designs Act 1949. To qualify, the design must be original and not fall into one of the excluded categories :

principles and methods of construction;
articles which must connect with or otherwise fit another article so that one or the other may perform their function;
designs which are dependent on the appearance of another article;
surface decoration.

The design must be recorded in a document after 1989-08-01 : designs recorded or used before that date do not qualify.
The design right lasts for fifteen years after the design is recorded in a document, or for ten years if articles have been made available for sale.

Designs and typefaces

The copyright in a design document is not infringed by making or using articles to that design, unless the design is an artistic work or a typeface. If an artistic work has been exploited with permission for the design by making articles by an industrial process and marketing them, the work may be copied by making or using articles of any description after the end of a period of twenty-five years from the end of the calendar year when such articles were first marketed. It is not an infringement of the copyright in a typeface to use it in the ordinary course of printing or to use the material produced by such printing.

Registered designs

Part IV of the Act contains a certain number of amendments to the Registered Designs Act 1949 c. 88. The criteria for registration of a design and the duration of the registered design right are notably modified. Provisions are also added to allow ministers to take action to protect the public interest in monopoly situations and to provide for compensation for Crown use of registered designs. A consolidated version of the Registered Designs Act 1949 is included.

Patents and trademarks

Part V of the act provides for the registration of patent agents and trade mark agents and for the
privilege of their communications with clients from disclosure in court. Part VI of the act creates a system of patents county courts for proceedings involving patents which are of a lesser financial implication.

Commencement

There are numerous commencement dates for the different sections of the Act, detailed below. The provisions on copyright, rights in performances and design right came into force on 1 August 1989, while the registration of patent agents and trade mark agents came into force on 13 August 1990.

Date of commencement	Provisions	Authority for commencement
15 November 1988	s. 301 and Schedule 6 paras. 24 & 29 of Schedule 5	s. 305
15 January 1989	ss. 293 & 294	s. 305
28 July 1989	ss. 304 &	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Order 1989
1 August 1989	Parts I-III Parts IV, VI & VII except for provisions mentioned elsewhere Schedules 1-3, 5, 7 & 8 except for provisions below	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Order 1989
13 August 1990	Part V para 21 of Schedule 3 Schedule 4 para. 27 of Schedule 5 paras. 15, 18 & 21 of Schedule 7 consequential repeals of Schedule 8 ss. 272, 295, 303 & insofar as they relate to the above	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Order 1990
7 January 1991	paras. 1-11, 17-23, 25, 26, 28 & 30 of Schedule 5 consequential repeals in Schedule 8 ss. 295 & 303 insofar as they relate to the above	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Order 1990

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and Orders 1989 are technical measures to allow the preparation of secondary legislation.

Modifications

Transposition of European Union directives

The following regulations were made under the European Communities Act 1972 in order to implement European Union directives in UK law.

Directive	Transposition
Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products	Design Right Regulations 1989 No. 1100
Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs	Copyright Regulations 1992 No. 3233
Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property	Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 No. 2967
Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights	Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995 No. 3297
Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission	Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 No. 2967
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases	Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 No. 3032
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, more usually known as the Information Society Directive	Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 No. 2498
Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art	Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 No. 346
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights	Intellectual Property Regulations 2006 No. 1028
Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, which replaced the Rental Directive	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Regulations 2010 No. 2694

Also:

Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 2014 No. 2356
Other modifying measures
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 c. 19
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41
Broadcasting Act 1990 c. 42
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 c. 8
Charities Act 1993 c. 10
Trade Marks Act 1994 c. 26
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 c. 33
Broadcasting Act 1996 c. 55
Conditional Access Regulations 2000 No. 1175
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 c. 28
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 No. 1515
Performances Regulations 2006 No. 18
Other secondary legislation

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