STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2009 No. 2745 
COPYRIGHT 
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other 
Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009 
Made  - - - - 15th October 2009 
Laid before Parliament  22nd October 2009 
Coming into force  - - 12th November 2009 
 
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of October 2009 
Present, 
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council 
Her Majesty is satisfied that provision has been or will be made giving adequate protection to the 
owners of the copyright in British sound recordings and wireless and other broadcasts and to performances and persons having recording rights in relation to performances under the laws of 
Bermuda. 
Accordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers 
conferred upon Her by sections 159 and 208 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988( a), 
makes the following Order: 
Citation and Commencement 
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) 
(Amendment) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 12th November 2009. 
Amendment 
2.—(1) The table set out in the Schedule to th e Copyright and Performances (Application to 
Other Countries) Order 2008( b) is amended as follows. 
(2) In the first column, under the heading “Country”, insert “Bermuda” into the list of entries in 
proper alphabetical order. 
(3) Adjacent to “Bermuda” in the first column, as inserted by paragraph (2)— 
(a) in the second column, under the heading “Article 2 (literary, dramatic, musical and 
artistic works, films and typographical arrangem ents)”, insert the word “Applies”; 
                                                                                                                                            
(a) 1988 c.48.  
(b) S.I. 2008/677.  (b) in the third column, under the heading “Article 3 (sound recordings)”, insert the word and 
symbol “Applies (*)”; 
(c) in the fourth column, under the heading “Artic le 4 (wireless broadcasts)”, insert the word 
and date “Applies (6th August 1962)”; 
(d) in the fifth column, under the heading “Ar ticle 5 (other broadcasts)”, insert the word 
“Applies”; and 
(e) in the sixth column, under the heading “Article 6 (performances)”, insert the word 
“Designated”. 
 
 
   
 Judith Simpson  
 Clerk of the Privy Council 
 
 
  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order amends the Copyright and Performances (A pplication to Other Countries) Order 2008 
(S.I. 2008/677). This Order applies copyright protec tion under Part I of the Copyright, Designs 
and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”) to works originating from Bermuda. This Order also confers on 
Bermuda reciprocal protection under Part 2 of th e Act which confers rights on performers and 
persons having recording rights in  relation to a performance. 
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this  instrument as it has no impact on the costs 
of business. 
 
 
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