The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/816
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989.

Section 2

The following provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall come into force on 1st August 1989:

Part I (copyright);

Part II (rights in performances);

Part III (design right);

Part IV (registered designs), except–

section 272 in so far as it relates to paragraph 21 of Schedule 3, and

section 273;

Part VI (patents), except–

sections 293 and 294, and

section 295 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 11 and 17 to 30 of Schedule 5;

Part VII (miscellaneous and general), except—

section 301,

section 303(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 15, 18(2) and 21 of Schedule 7, and

section 303(2) in so far as it relates to the references in Schedule 8 to section 32 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and to the provisions of the Patents Act 1977 , other than section 49(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 5 to, that Act;

Schedule 1 (copyright: transitional provisions and savings);

Schedule 2 (rights in performances: permitted acts);

Schedule 3 (minor and consequential amendments to the Registered Designs Act 1949), other than paragraph 21;

Schedule 5 (patents: miscellaneous amendments), other than paragraphs 1 to 11 and 17 to 30;

Schedule 7 (consequential amendments), other than paragraphs 15, 18(2) and 21;

Schedule 8 (repeals), except in so far as it relates to–

section 32 of the Registered Designs Act 1949, and

the provisions of the Patents Act 1977, other than section 49(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 5 to, that Act.