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Statutory Instruments
COPYRIGHT
Made
18th December 1987
Laid before Parliament
8th January 1988
Coming into force
1st February 1988
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of December 1987
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon Her by section 31 of the Copyright Act 1956(1) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased to direct, and it is hereby directed, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Computer Software) (Extension to Territories) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st February 1988.
2. The Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985(2), except section 4(3) and (5) thereof, shall extend to the countries mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order, subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
| Bermuda |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Falkland Islands |
| Gibraltar |
| Hong Kong |
| Montserrat |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
1. The references in the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 (in this Schedule referred to as "the 1985 Act") to the Copyright Act 1956 shall be construed as references to the said Act of 1956, as modified in its extension to the country concerned(3).
2. In section 3 of the 1985 Act, for the words "sections 21 to 21B" there shall be substituted-
(a)in British Indian Ocean Territory, in Falkland Islands and in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the words "section 21";
(b)in the other countries mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order, the words "sections 21 and 21A".
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the extension, with the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to the Order, of the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 to the countries listed in Schedule 1 to the Order.
1956 c. 74; Part V of the Copyright Act 1956 was applied by section 4(2) of the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 (c. 41).
The Copyright Act 1956 was extended to Bermuda by S.I. 1962/1642, as amended by S.I. 1985/1985; to British Indian Ocean Territory by S.I. 1984/541; to Falkland Islands and to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands by S.I. 1963/1037; to Gibraltar by S.I. 1960/847, as amended by S.I. 1985/1986; and to Montserrat by S.I. 1965/1858, as amended by S.I. 1985/1987.
