HL Deb 30 October 1956 vol 199 c1188

Clause 30, page 43, line 6, at end insert— ("(4) For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in the United Kingdom, where the proceedings relate to an act done in a country to which any provisions of this Act extend subject to exceptions, modifications or additions, —

  1. (a) the procedure applicable to the proceedings, including the time within which they may be brought, and the remedies available therein, shall be in accordance with this Act in its operation as part of the law of the United Kingdom; but
  2. (b) if the act in question does not constitute an infringement of copyright under this Act in its operation as part of the law of the country where the act was done, it shall (notwithstanding anything in this Act) be treated as not constituting an infringement of copyright under this Act in its operation as part of the law of the United Kingdom.")

LORD MANCROFT

My Lords, this is a very technical point. Unless your Lordships want a long explanation. I think I can reassure you that the principles underlying it are consistent with the accepted principles of private international law, as laid down by our courts in relation to Common Law rights, and it seems to me we should cone into line. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Lord Mancroft.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.