Part II Amendments of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Supplementary
Meaning of EEA national and EEA state11
1
In Chapter X of Part I (miscellaneous and general provisions), after section 172 insert—
172A Meaning of EEA national and EEA state.
1
In this Part—
“EEA national" means a national of an EEA state; and
“EEA state" means a state which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement.
2
References in this Part to a person being an EEA national shall be construed in relation to a body corporate as references to its being incoporated under the law of an EEA state.
3
The “EEA Agreement" means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.
2
In section 179 (index of defined expressions: Part I), at the appropriate place insert—
EEA national and EEA state
section 172A
3
In section 211(1) (expressions in Part II having same meaning as in Part I), at the appropriate place insert—
EEA national,
4
In section 212 (index of defined expressions: Part II), at the appropriate place insert—
EEA national
section 211(1) (and section 172A)