22 Recognition of foreign copyright works and performances

22  Recognition of foreign copyright works and performances

(1)     In section 154 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (qualification by reference to author), in subsection (1)—

(a)     in paragraph (a), after “a British citizen,” insert “a national of another EEA state,”,

(b)     for paragraph (b) (but not the following “or”) substitute—

“(b)     an individual domiciled or resident in the United Kingdom or another EEA state or in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar or in a country to which the relevant provisions of this Part extend,”, and

(c)     for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)     a body incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or another EEA state or of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar or of a country to which the relevant provisions of this Part extend.”.

(2)     In section 155 of that Act (qualification by reference to country of first publication), in subsection (1)—

(a)     in paragraph (a), after “the United Kingdom” insert “, another EEA state, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar”, and

(b)     in paragraph (b), for “another country” substitute “a country”.

(3)     In section 156 of that Act (qualification

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