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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

217 Qualifying individuals and qualifying persons.

(1) In this Part— ... “ qualifying person ” means— (a) an individual habitually resident in a qualifying country, or (b) a body corporate or other body having legal personality which— (i) is formed under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or another qualifying country, and (ii) has in any qualifying country a place of business at which substantial business activity is carried on. (2) References in this Part to a qualifying person include the Crown and the government of any other qualifying country. (3) In this section “qualifying country” means— (a) the United Kingdom, (b) a country to which this Part extends by virtue of an Order under section 255, or (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) to the extent that an Order under section 256 so provides, a country designated under that section as enjoying reciprocal protection. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) In determining for the purpose of the definition of “qualifying person” whether substantial business activity is carried on at a place of business in any country, no account shall be taken of dealings in goods which are at all material times outside that country.

Your change, as a redline

217 Qualifying individuals and qualifying persons.

(1) In this Part— ... “ qualifying person ” means— (a) an individual habitually resident in a qualifying country, or (b) a body corporate or other body having legal personality which— (i) is formed under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or another qualifying country, and (ii) has in any qualifying country a place of business at which substantial business activity is carried on. (2) References in this Part to a qualifying person include the Crown and the government of any other qualifying country. (3) In this section “qualifying country” means— (a) the United Kingdom, (b) a country to which this Part extends by virtue of an Order under section 255, or (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) to the extent that an Order under section 256 so provides, a country designated under that section as enjoying reciprocal protection. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) In determining for the purpose of the definition of “qualifying person” whether substantial business activity is carried on at a place of business in any country, no account shall be taken of dealings in goods which are at all material times outside that country.

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