There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 179.
The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used only in the same section)—
| [F1accessible copy (in sections 31A to 31F) | section 31F(4)] |
| account of profits and accounts (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| acts restricted by copyright | section 16(1) |
| adaptation | section 21(3) |
| F2. . . | F2. . . |
| [F3archivist (in sections 40A to 43) | section 43A(5)] |
| article (in a periodical) | section 178 |
| artistic work | section 4(1) |
| assignment (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| author | sections 9 and 10(3) |
| [F4authorised body (in sections 31B to 31BB) | section 31F(6)] |
| broadcast (and related expressions) | section 6 |
| building | section 4(2) |
| business | section 178 |
| F5. . . | F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| collective work | section 178 |
| commencement (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule |
| commercial publication | section 175 |
| [F7communication to the public | section 20] |
| computer-generated | section 178 |
| [F8conducted for profit (in sections 40A to 43) | section 43A(4)] |
| copy and copying | section 17 |
| copyright (generally) | section 1 |
| copyright (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule |
| copyright owner | sections 101(2) and 173 |
| Copyright Tribunal | section 145 |
| copyright work | section 1(2) |
| costs (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| country | section 178 |
| [F9country of origin] | [F9section 15A.] |
| the Crown | section 178 |
| Crown copyright | sections 163(2) and 164(3) |
| [F8curator (in sections 40A to 43) | section 43A(5)] |
| [F10database] | [F10section 3A(1)] |
| defendant (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| delivery up (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| [F4disabled person (in sections 31A to 31F) | section 31F(2) and (3)] |
| dramatic work | section 3(1) |
| educational establishment | sections 174(1) to (4) |
| electronic and electronic form | section 178 |
| employed, employee, employer and employment | section 178 |
| [F11excepted sound recording | section 72(1A)] |
| exclusive licence | section 92(1) |
| [F12 the EEA [F13and EEA state]] | [F14section 172A] |
| existing works (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule |
| facsimile copy | section 178 |
| film | [F15section 5B] |
| future copyright | section 91(2) |
| general licence (in sections 140 and 141) | section 140(7) |
| graphic work | section 4(2) |
| infringing copy | section 27 |
| injunction (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| interlocutory relief (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| international organisation | section 178 |
| issue of copies to the public | [F16section 18] |
| joint authorship (work of) | sections 10(1) and (2) |
| judicial proceedings | section 178 |
| [F17lawful user (in sections 50A to 50C)] | [F17section 50A(2).] |
| [F18lending] | [F18section 18A(2) to (6)] |
| [F19librarian (in sections 40A to 43 | section 43A(5)] |
| [F8library (in sections 40A to 43) | section 43A(2)] |
| licence (in sections 125 to 128) | section 124 |
| licence of copyright owner | sections 90(4), 91(3) and 173 |
| licensing body (in Chapter VII) | section 116(2) |
| licensing scheme (generally) | section 116(1) |
| licensing scheme (in sections 118 to 121) | section 117 |
| literary work | section 3(1) |
| made (in relation to a literary, dramatic or musical work) | section 3(2) |
| [F8museum (in sections 40A to 43) | section 43A(3)] |
| musical work | section 3(1) |
| [F20national of the United Kingdom | section 178] |
| [F21needletime] | [F21section 135A] |
| the new copyright provisions (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| the 1911 Act (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| the 1956 Act (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule |
| on behalf of (in relation to an educational establishment) | section 174(5) |
| [F10original (in relation to a database)] | [F10section 3A(2)] |
| Parliamentary copyright | sections 165(2) and (7) [F22166(6) [F23166A(3) [F24166B(3) 166C(3) and 166D(3)]]] |
| parliamentary proceedings | section 178 |
| performance | section 19(2) |
| photograph | section 4(2) |
| plaintiff (in Scotland) | section 177 |
| F25. . . | F25. . . |
| F25. . . | F25. . . |
| [F26private study | section 178] |
| [F27producer (in relation to a sound recording or film] | [F27section 178.] |
| programme (in the context of broadcasting) | section 6(3) |
| prospective owner (of copyright) | section 91(2) |
| [F28public library] | [F28section 178.] |
| publication and related expressions | section 175 |
| published edition (in the context of copyright in the typographical arrangement) | section 8 |
| pupil | section 174(5) |
| rental | [F29section 18A(2) to (6)] |
| [F18rental right] | [F18section 178.] |
| reprographic copies and repographic copying | section 178 |
| reprographic process | section 178 |
| sculpture | section 4(2) |
| signed | section 176 |
| sound recording | [F30sections 5A and 135A] |
| sufficient acknowledgement | section 178 |
| sufficient disclaimer | section 178 |
| [F4supply (in sections 31B to 31BB) | section 31F(7)] |
| teacher | section 174(5) |
| telecommunications system | section 178 |
| [F21terms of payment] | [F21section 135A] |
| typeface | section 178 |
| unauthorised (as regards things done in relation to a work) | section 178 |
| unknown (in relation to the author of a work) | section 9(5) |
| unknown authorship (work of) | section 9(4) |
| F2. . . | F2. . . |
| [F31wireless broadcast | section 178] |
| wireless telegraphy | section 178 |
| work (in Schedule 1) | paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule |
| work of more than one author (in Chapter VII) | section 116(4) |
| writing and written | section 178 |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 179 substituted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1384), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(a)
F2Words in s. 179 omitted (1.6.2014) by virtue of The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1384), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(c)
F3Words in s. 179 substituted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6(a)
F4Words in s. 179 inserted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1384), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(b)
F5S. 179: entry for "cable programme, cable programme service (and related expressions)" repealed (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with regs. 31-40)
F6Words in s. 179 repealed (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with regs. 32, 33)
F7Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
F8Words in s. 179 inserted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6(c)
F9Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 8(2) (with Pt. III)
F10Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/3032, reg. 11 (with Pt. IV)
F11Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 21(7) (with regs. 31-40)
F12Words in s. 179 substituted (29.4.2006) by The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1028), reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 9
F13Words in s. 179 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 20(a) (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 11(2) (with Pt. III)
F15Words in s. 179 substituted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 9(5)(a) (with Pt. III)
F16Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 9(6)(b) (with Pt. III)
F17Words in s. 179 inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3233, reg. 9
F18Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 10(4) (with Pt. III)
F19Words in s. 179 substituted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6(b)
F20Words in s. 179 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 20(b) (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F21Words inserted by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c.42, SIF 96), s. 175(3)
F22Words in s. 179 substituted (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125(1), Sch. 8 para. 25(8); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3
F23Words in s. 179 substituted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 99, Sch. 13 para. 8(8) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
F24Words in s. 179 substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), Sch. 10 para. 30 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.
F25Words in s. 179 omitted (1.6.2014) by virtue of The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6(d)
F26Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
F27Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996 with effect in relation to films made on or after 1.7.1994) by S.I. 1996/2967, regs. 18(6), 36 (with Pt. III)
F28Words in s. 179 inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 11(6) (with Pt. III)
F29Words in s. 179 substituted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 10(4) (with Pt. III)
F30Words in s. 179 substituted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 9(5)(b) (with Pt. III)
F31Words in s. 179 inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15(4) (with regs. 31-40)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 161, 162, 171(1)(3), 172-179 applied (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 17(4) (with Pt. III)
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