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(1)The owner of the copyright in a published literary, dramatic or musical work may give notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise—
(a)that he is the owner of the copyright in the work, and
(b)that he requests the Commissioners, for a period specified in the notice, to treat as prohibited goods printed copies of the work which are infringing copies.
(2)The period specified in a notice under subsection (1) shall not exceed five years and shall not extend beyond the period for which copyright is to subsist.
(3)The owner of the copyright in a sound recording or film may give notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise—
(a)that he is the owner of the copyright in the work,
(b)that infringing copies of the work are expected to arrive in the United Kingdom at a time and a place specified in the notice, and
(c)that he requests the Commissioners to treat the copies as prohibited goods.
(4)When a notice is in force under this section the importation of goods to which the notice relates, otherwise than by a person for his private and domestic use, is prohibited; but a person is not by reason of the prohibition liable to any penalty other than forfeiture of the goods.
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