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Copyright Order, 1999 · s 169

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s 169

(1)

Where a work has been made by or under the direction or control of the Legislative Council -

{a)

it qualifies for copyright protection notwith-standing subsection (1) of section 162; and

{b)

the Legislative Council is the first owner of any copyright in the work.

(2)

Copyright in such a work is referred to in this Order as

Legislative Council copyright, notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to another person.

(3)

Legislative Council copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work subsists until the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the year in which it was made.

(4)

For the purpose of this section, works made by or under the direction or control of the Legislative Council include -

{a)

any work made by an officer or employee of the

Legislative Council in the course of his duties; and

{b} any sound recording, film, live broadcast or live cable programme of the proceedings of the Legislative Council;

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