5(1)Copyright subsists in an existing work after commencement only if copyright subsisted in it immediately before commencement.U.K.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent an existing work qualifying for copyright protection after commencement—
(a)under section 155 (qualification by virtue of first publication), F1...
(b)by virtue of an Order under section 159 (application of Part I to countries to which it does not extend) [F2, or]
[F3(c)where the work is an artistic work in which copyright subsists as a result of the disapplication of paragraph 6(1) by paragraph 6(1A)]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(a) omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F2Word in Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
F3Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(c) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1210), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)