References in laws and documents to predecessor Acts and copyright thereunder
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508.—(1) Without affecting the other provisions of this Part —(a) a reference in any law or document to a provision of a predecessor Act is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to the corresponding provision of this Act; (b) if, apart from this Act, a reference in any law or document to copyright would be read as a reference to copyright under a predecessor Act, the reference is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to copyright under this Act; (c) if, apart from this Act, a reference in any law or document to any subject matter in which copyright subsists would be read as a reference to the subject matter in which copyright subsisted under a predecessor Act, the reference is to be read as a reference (or as including a reference) to the subject matter in which copyright subsists under this Act; and (d) a reference in any law or document to the grant of an interest in copyright by licence is to be read, in relation to copyright under this Act, as a reference to the grant of a licence in respect of that copyright. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to any contrary intention in the law or document. (3) In this section —“document” means a contract, an agreement or any other instrument; “law” means any written law other than this Act; “predecessor Act” means the 1911 Act or the 1987 Act.