§ 526 — Bequests by author who died before 10 April 1987

526.—(1) Subsection (2) applies where —(a)

the author of an authorial work has died before 10 April 1987;

(b)

a person has acquired, under the author’s will, the ownership of a manuscript of the work; and

(c)

the work —(i)

has not been published;

(ii)

in the case of a dramatic or musical work — has not been performed in public; and

(iii)

in the case of a lecture — has not been delivered in public.

(2) Unless the contrary is proved, the person is presumed to own any copyright in the work.

(3) In this section, an expression that is defined by section 509 has the meaning given to it by that section and not the meaning, if any, given to it by Part 2.

—(1) Subsection (2) applies where —(a)

the author of an authorial work has died before 10 April 1987;

(b)

a person has acquired, under the author’s will, the ownership of a manuscript of the work; and

(c)

the work —(i)

has not been published;

(ii)

in the case of a dramatic or musical work — has not been performed in public; and

(iii)

in the case of a lecture — has not been delivered in public.

(2) Unless the contrary is proved, the person is presumed to own any copyright in the work.

(3) In this section, an expression that is defined by section 509 has the meaning given to it by that section and not the meaning, if any, given to it by Part 2.