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The Licensing Act 2003, United Kingdom

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Year of Version 2003 Dates Entry into force: July 10, 2003 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Other Notes The Licensing Act 2003 present an Act to make provisions about the sale and supply of alcohol, the provision of entertainment and about offences relating to alcohol.
This Act is structured into 9 Parts and 8 Schedules. Schedule 4 Paragraph 13 provides for the relevant offences under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and sets out that acts stipulated in section 107(1)(d)(iii) (public exhibition in the course of business of article infringing copyright), section 107(3) (infringement of copyright by public performance of work etc.), section 198(2) (broadcast etc. of recording of performance made without sufficient consent), section 297(1) (fraudulent reception of transmission), section 297A(1) (supply etc. of unauthorised decoder), present relevant offences.

The text of the Licensing Act 2003 is subject to the Crown copyright protection (@Crown Copyright).

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WIPO Lex No. GB260