Section 169
Section 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 notwithstanding 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
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(b)
any sound recording, film, live broadcast or live cable programme of the proceedings of the Legislative Council;
but a work shall not be regarded as made by or under the direction or control of the Legislative
Council by reason only of its being commissioned by or on behalf of the Legislative Council.
(5)
In the case of a work of joint authorship where one or more but not all of the authors are acting on behalf of, or under the direction or control of, the Legislative Council, this section applies only in relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting by virtue of their contribution to the work.
(6)
Except as mentioned in this section, and subject to any express exclusion elsewhere in this Part, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to Legislative Council copyright as to other copyright.
Copyright in Legislative Council Bills.