SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Minor and consequential amendments
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48)
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The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
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In section 164(1)
(Crown copyright in Acts of Parliament, etc.), after “Scottish Parliament” insert “
, Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
”
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After section 166A insert—
166B Copyright in Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly belongs to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission.
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Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Assembly 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if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further proceedings of the Assembly may be taken in respect of it.
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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.
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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 Assembly.
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In the definition of “parliamentary proceedings” in section 178 (definitions), the words “, of the New Northern Ireland Assembly” shall cease to have effect.
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In section 179 (index of defined expressions), in column 2 of the entry for “Parliamentary copyright”, for “and 166A(3)” substitute “
166A(3) and 166B(3)
”
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