Restriction on the application of Part 2 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to Malta6.

(1)

Article 12A (application of Part 2 of the Act to Malta) is amended as follows.

(2)

The existing text becomes paragraph (1).

(3)

In that paragraph, after “is” insert “, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),”.

(4)

After that paragraph insert—

“(2)

Part 2 of the Act applies to Malta subject to the modification set out in paragraph (3).

(3)

In section 182D(1) (right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording), the reference to a qualifying performance shall be construed as a reference only to a performance which is a qualifying performance because it meets—

(a)

Condition A or Condition B in section 181, or

(b)

Condition C in that section by virtue of paragraph (a) of that Condition.”.