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“(5)    

Schedule A1 confers powers to provide for the regulation of licensing

 

bodies.”

 

(3)    

After section 116 insert—

 

“Orphan works licensing and extended collective licensing

 

116A  

Power to provide for licensing of orphan works

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the grant of

 

licences in respect of works that qualify as orphan works under the

 

regulations.

 

(2)    

The regulations may—

 

(a)    

specify a person or a description of persons authorised to grant

 

licences, or

 

(b)    

provide for a person designated in the regulations to specify a

 

person or a description of persons authorised to grant licences

 

(3)    

The regulations must provide that, for a work to qualify as an orphan

 

work, it is a requirement that the owner of copyright in it has not been

 

found after a diligent search made in accordance with the regulations.

 

(4)    

The regulations may provide for the granting of licences to do, or

 

authorise the doing of, any act restricted by copyright that would

 

otherwise require the consent of the missing owner.

 

(5)    

The regulations must provide for any licence—

 

(a)    

to have effect as if granted by the missing owner;

 

(b)    

not to give exclusive rights;

 

(c)    

not to be granted to a person authorised to grant licences.

 

(6)    

The regulations may apply to a work although it is not known whether

 

copyright subsists in it, and references to a missing owner and a right or

 

interest of a missing owner are to be read as including references to a

 

supposed owner and a supposed right or interest.

 

116B  

Extended collective licensing

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for a licensing body

 

that applies to the Secretary of State under the regulations to be

 

authorised to grant copyright licences in respect of works in which

 

copyright is not owned by the body or a person on whose behalf the body

 

acts.

 

(2)    

An authorisation must specify—

 

(a)    

the types of work to which it applies, and

 

(b)    

the acts restricted by copyright that the licensing body is

 

authorised to license.

 

(3)    

The regulations must provide for the copyright owner to have a right to

 

limit or exclude the grant of licences by virtue of the regulations.

 

(4)    

The regulations must provide for any licence not to give exclusive rights.

 

(5)    

In this section “copyright licences” has the same meaning as in section

 

116.

 

(6)    

Nothing in this section applies in relation to Crown copyright or

 

Parliamentary copyright.


 
 

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116C  

General provision about licensing under sections 116A and 116B

 

(1)    

This section and section 116D apply to regulations under sections 116A

 

and 116B.

 

(2)    

The regulations may provide for a body to be or remain authorised to

 

grant licences only if specified requirements are met, and for a question

 

whether they are met to be determined by a person, and in a manner,

 

specified in the regulations.

 

(3)    

The regulations may specify other matters to be taken into account in any

 

decision to be made under the regulations as to whether to authorise a

 

person to grant licences.

 

(4)    

The regulations must provide for the treatment of any royalties or other

 

sums paid in respect of a licence, including—

 

(a)    

the deduction of administrative costs;

 

(b)    

the period for which sums must be held;

 

(c)    

the treatment of sums after that period (as bona vacantia or

 

otherwise).

 

(5)    

The regulations must provide for circumstances in which an

 

authorisation to grant licences may be withdrawn, and for determining

 

the rights and obligations of any person if an authorisation is withdrawn.

 

(6)    

The regulations may include other provision for the purposes of

 

authorisation and licensing, including in particular provision—

 

(a)    

for determining the rights and obligations of any person if a work

 

ceases to qualify as an orphan work (or ceases to qualify by

 

reference to any copyright owner), or if a rights owner exercises

 

the right referred to in section 116B(3), while a licence is in

 

force;

 

(b)    

about maintenance of registers and access to them;

 

(c)    

permitting the use of a work for incidental purposes including an

 

application or search;

 

(d)    

for a right conferred by section 77 to be treated as having been

 

asserted in accordance with section 78;

 

(e)    

for the payment of fees to cover administrative expenses.

 

116D  

Regulations under sections 116A and 116B

 

(1)    

The power to make regulations includes power—

 

(a)    

to make incidental, supplementary or consequential provision,

 

including provision extending or restricting the jurisdiction of

 

the Copyright Tribunal or conferring powers on it;

 

(b)    

to make transitional, transitory or saving provision;

 

(c)    

to make different provision for different purposes.

 

(2)    

Regulations under any provision may amend this Part, or any other

 

enactment or subordinate legislation passed or made before that

 

provision comes into force, for the purpose of making consequential

 

provision or extending or restricting the jurisdiction of the Copyright

 

Tribunal or conferring powers on it.

 

(3)    

Regulations may make provision by reference to guidance issued from

 

time to time by any person.

 

(4)    

The power to make regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.


 
 

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(5)    

A statutory instrument containing regulations that amend an enactment

 

may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and

 

approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

 

(6)    

Any other statutory instrument containing regulations is subject to

 

annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”

 

(4)    

Schedule [Licensing of copyright and performers’ rights] (which inserts

 

Schedule A1 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and makes

 

provision in relation to performers’ rights corresponding to provision made by

 

this section in relation to copyright) has effect.’.

 


 

Permission to borrow from the capital markets

 

Caroline Lucas

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Green Investment Bank may borrow funds on the capital markets.

 

(2)    

There shall be a duty on HM Treasury to provide such assistance and take such

 

steps as required to allow the Green Investment Bank to carry out functions under

 

subsection (1).’.

 


 

General disclosure requirements

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36) is amended as follows—

 

In Part VI of Schedule 1, after the words “The Great Britain China Centre”,

 

insert—

 

“The UK Green Investment Bank”.’.

 



 
 

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Small business super complainants

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 183 of the 2002 Act is amended as follows:

 

(2)    

For subsection (1)(b), after “him”, insert “except for any business with fewer than

 

50 employees or a number to be set out in an order by the Secretary of State.”’.

 


 

Mergers: duty to take account of longer-term competitiveness in considering whether to

 

make references

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 33 of the Enterprise Act 2002 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

When considering whether or not a situation results in a substantial

 

lessening of competition for the purposes of (1) above, the CMA shall

 

take into account the longer-term ability of the merged entity to compete

 

effectively.”.

 

(3)    

Section 22 of the Enterprise Act 2002 is amdended as follows.

 

(4)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

When considering whether or not a situation results in a substantial

 

lessening of competition for the purposes of (1) above, the CMA shall

 

take into account the longer-term ability of the merged entity to compete

 

effectively.”.’.

 



 
 

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Commission for Equality and Human Rights—Independence from Government

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Schedule [Commission for Equality and Human Rights—independence from

 

Government] has effect in order to improve the effectiveness of the Commission

 

in exercising its functions under Part 1 of the Equality Act 2006.’.

 


 

Sharing and viewing on the internet

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In Part 1 (copyright) after section 30 (in the general provisions) insert the

 

following new section—

 

“30A  

Sharing and viewing on the internet

 

Where work is made available to the public at a particular web address

 

with the permission of the owner of the copyright in that work, copyright

 

shall not be infringed by—

 

(a)    

any circulation of that web address, or of its title, or of another

 

web address that redirects to that web address;

 

(b)    

the downloading of any data required to display that work at that

 

address, and any subsequent processing of that data, including

 

processing for display, provided that it does not result in any

 

publication elsewhere of the work or an adaptation of the

 

work.”.’.

 


 

Material available to the public under freedom of information

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In Part 1 (copyright) after section 47 (in the provisions relating to public

 

administration) insert the following new section—


 
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