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508. References in laws and documents to predecessor Acts and copyright thereunder

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(1)

Without affecting the other provisions of this Part —

(a)

a reference in any law or document to a provision of a predecessor Act is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to the corresponding provision of this Act;

(b)

if, apart from this Act, a reference in any law or document to copyright would be read as a reference to copyright under a predecessor Act, the reference is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to copyright under this Act;

(c)

if, apart from this Act, a reference in any law or document to any subject matter in which copyright subsists would be read as a reference to the subject matter in which copyright subsisted under a predecessor Act, the reference is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to the subject matter in which copyright subsists under this Act; and

(d)

a reference in any law or document to the grant of an interest in copyright by licence is to be read, in relation to copyright under this Act, as a reference to the grant of a licence in respect of that copyright.

(2)

Subsection (1) is subject to any contrary intention in the law or document.

(3)

In this section —

“document” means a contract, an agreement or any other instrument;

“law” means any written law other than this Act;

“predecessor Act” means the 1911 Act or the 1987 Act.

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