Part 1 Regulation of Licensing Bodies

SCHEDULE 22 Licensing of Copyright and Performers' Rights

Section 77(4)

Part 1 Regulation of Licensing Bodies

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In the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, before Schedule 1 insert—

“SCHEDULE A1
Regulation of Licensing Bodies
Codes of practice
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(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for a licensing body to be required to adopt a code of practice that complies with criteria specified in the regulations.

(2)     The regulations may provide that, if a licensing body fails to adopt such a code of practice, any code of practice that is approved for the purposes of that licensing body by the Secretary of State, or by a person designated by the Secretary of State under the regulations, has effect as a code of practice adopted by the body.

(3)     The regulations must provide that a code is not to be approved for the purposes of provision under sub-paragraph (2) unless it complies with criteria specified in the regulations.

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Regulations under paragraph 1 may make provision as to conditions that are to be satisfied, and procedures that are to be followed—

(a)     before a licensing body is required to adopt a code of practice

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