HC Deb 24 October 1956 vol 558 cc774-5
Mr. Walker-Smith

I beg to move, in page 27, line 22, at the end to insert— Provided that if, by virtue of subsection (2) of section three of the Limitation Act, 1939 (which relates to successive conversions or detentions), or of any corresponding provision which may be enacted by the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the title of the owner of the copyright to such a copy or plate would (if he had then been the owner of the copy or plate) have been extinguished at the end of the period mentioned in that subsection or corresponding provision, he shall not be entitled to any rights or remedies under this subsection in respect of anything done in relation to that copy or plate after the end of that period. The proviso which is here sought to be inserted is necessary now that subsection (2) is to be omitted, in order to indicate how the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1939, apply to the rights and remedies given by subsection (1) of Clause 18.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Walker-Smith

I beg to move, in page 27, line 23, to leave out subsection (2).

This really implements the Government's undertaking given in Committee that the period of limitation for actions under subsection (1) of Clause 18 should be governed by the ordinary law relating to limitations and actions in tort.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Walker-Smith

I beg to move, in page 27, line 27, to leave out from the second "to" to the end of line and insert: any other pecuniary remedy (except costs). This is really a drafting Amendment designed to make clear the intention of the Bill in this regard.

Amendment agreed to.