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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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157 Countries to which this Part extends.

(1) This Part extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Part shall extend, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the Order, to— (a) any of the Channel Islands, (b) the Isle of Man, or (c) any colony. (3) That power includes power to extend, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the Order, any Order in Council made under the following provisions of this Chapter. (4) The legislature of a country to which this Part has been extended may modify or add to the provisions of this Part, in their operation as part of the law of that country, as the legislature may consider necessary to adapt the provisions to the circumstances of that country— (a) as regards procedure and remedies, or (b) as regards works qualifying for copyright protection by virtue of a connection with that country. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the extent of paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 (transitional provisions: dependent territories where the Copyright Act 1956 or the Copyright Act 1911 remains in force) in relation to the law of a dependent territory to which this Part does not extend.

Your change, as a redline

157 Countries to which this Part extends.

(1) This Part extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Part shall extend, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the Order, to— (a) any of the Channel Islands, (b) the Isle of Man, or (c) any colony. (3) That power includes power to extend, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the Order, any Order in Council made under the following provisions of this Chapter. (4) The legislature of a country to which this Part has been extended may modify or add to the provisions of this Part, in their operation as part of the law of that country, as the legislature may consider necessary to adapt the provisions to the circumstances of that country— (a) as regards procedure and remedies, or (b) as regards works qualifying for copyright protection by virtue of a connection with that country. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the extent of paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 (transitional provisions: dependent territories where the Copyright Act 1956 or the Copyright Act 1911 remains in force) in relation to the law of a dependent territory to which this Part does not extend.

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