The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

93.—(1) The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 241 (settlement of terms of Crown use), at the end of subsection (2) there is inserted–

“In the application of this subsection to Scotland, where the government department referred to in that subsection is any part of the Scottish Administration, the words “with the approval of the Treasury” are omitted.”.

(3) In section 243 (Crown use: compensation for loss of profit), at the end there is inserted–

“(7) In the application of this section to Scotland, where the government department referred to in subsection (5) is any part of the Scottish Administration, the words “with the approval of the Treasury” in that subsection are omitted.”.

(4) In section 263 (minor definitions), in subsection (1)–

(a) in the definition of “the Crown”, after “Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland” there is inserted “and the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration”;

(b) in the definition of “government department”, after “Northern Ireland Department” there is inserted “and any part of the Scottish Administration”.