New clause 4 - Licensing schemes
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill
11:30 am
'In the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), after section 31C insert—
''31D Licensing schemes
(1) Section 31B does not apply to the making of an accessible copy in a particular form if—
(a) a licensing scheme operated by a licensing body is in force under which licences may be granted by the licensing body permitting the making and supply of copies of the copyright work in that form;
(b) the scheme is not unreasonably restrictive; and
(c) the scheme and any modification made to it have been notified to the Secretary of State by the licensing body.
(2) A scheme is unreasonably restrictive if it includes a term or condition which—
(a) purports to prevent or limit the steps that may be taken under section 31B or 31C; or
(b) has that effect.
(3) But subsection (2) does not apply if—
(a) the copyright work is no longer published by or with the authority of the copyright owner; and
(b) there are reasonable grounds for preventing or restricting the making of accessible copies of the work.
(4) If section 31B or 31C is displaced by a licensing scheme, sections 119 to 122 apply in relation to the scheme as if it were one to which those sections applied as a result of section 117.''.'.—[Rachel Squire.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.