2016 No. 1219
Copyright
Rights In Performances

The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2016

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty is satisfied, to the extent that this Order relates to a country that—

  1. (a)

    is not an EEA state, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar, and

  2. (b)

    is not—

    1. (i)

      in relation to copyright, a country party to the Berne Convention M1 or to the World Intellectual Property Organisation Performances and Phonograms Treaty M2 or a member of the World Trade Organisation, or

    2. (ii)

      in relation to copyright and performances, a country party to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations M3 or otherwise a Convention country M4,

that provision has been or will be made under the law of that country giving adequate protection to the owners of copyright under Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 M5 and to the owners of rights in respect of British performances M6.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 159, 206(4) and 208 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 M7 and, in relation to article 1(3), by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M8, makes the following Order: