PART IIU.K.AMENDMENTS OF THE COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988

Rental and lending rightU.K.

Consequential modification of provisions relating to licensingU.K.

15.—(1) Chapter VII of Part I (copyright licensing) is amended as follows.

(2) For section 117 (licensing schemes about which references and applications may be made) substitute—

“117.    Licensing schemes to which following sections apply.

Sections 118 to 123 (references and applications with respect to licensing schemes) apply to licensing schemes which are operated by licensing bodies and cover works of more than one author, so far as they relate to licences for—

(a)copying the work,

(b)rental or lending of copies of the work to the public,

(c)performing, showing or playing the work in public, or

(d)broadcasting the work or including it in a cable programme service;

and references in those sections to a licensing scheme shall be construed accordingly.”.

(3) For section 124 (licences about which references and applications may be made) substitute—

“124.    Licences to which following sections apply.

Sections 125 to 128 (references and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies) apply to licences which are granted by a licensing body otherwise than in pursuance of a licensing scheme and cover works of more than one author, so far as they authorise—

(a)copying the work,

(b)rental or lending of copies of the work to the public,

(c)performing, showing or playing the work in public, or

(d)broadcasting the work or including it in a cable programme service;

and references in those sections to a licence shall be construed accordingly.”.

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