IntroductoryU.K.
25.—(1) In this Part—
“commencement” means the commencement of these Regulations; and
“existing”, in relation to a work or performance, means made or given before commencement.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a work of which the making extended over a period shall be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
(3) In this Part a “new right” means a right arising by virtue of these Regulations, in relation to a copyright work or a qualifying performance, to authorise or prohibit an act.
The expression does not include—
(a)a right corresponding to a right which existed immediately before commencement, or
(b)a right to remuneration arising by virtue of these Regulations.
(4) Expressions used in this Part have the same meaning in relation to copyright as they have in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988(1), and in relation to performances as in Part II of that Act.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 in force at 1.12.1996, see reg. 1(2)