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The Copyright (Educational Establishments) Order 2005 
Made - - - - 2nd February 2005 
Laid before Parliament 8th February 2005 
Coming into force - - 1st April 2005 
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 174(1)(b) of the 
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988( a), hereby makes the following Order: 
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright  (Educational Establishments) Order 2005 and shall 
come into force on 1st April 2005. 
2. The descriptions of educational establishments me ntioned in the Schedule to this Order are 
specified for the purposes of Part I of the Co pyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 
3. The Copyright (Educational Estab lishments) (No.2) Order 1989( b) is hereby revoked. 
Sainsbury of Turville, 
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation 
2nd February 2005 Department of Trade and Industry 
(a) 1988 c. 48. 
(b) S.I. 1989/1068.  2 SCHEDULE Article 2 
Higher Education 
1. Any university empowered by Royal Charter or Act of Parliament to award degrees and any 
college, or institution in the nature of  a college, in such a university. 
2. Any institution in England and Wales whi ch provides a course of any description mentioned 
in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988( a).
3. Any institution in Scotland which provides highe r education within the meaning of section 38 
of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992( b).
4. Any institution in Northern Ireland— 
(a) which provides a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Further 
Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997( c); or 
(b) which is a college of education within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Education and 
Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986( d).
Further Education 
5. Any institution in England and Wales the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further 
education within the meaning of section 2 of the Education Act 1996( e).
6. Any institution in Scotland the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further education 
within the meaning of either section 1(5)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980( f) or section 
1(3) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. 
7. Any institution in Northern Ireland the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further 
education within the meaning of article 3 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. 
Theological Colleges 
8. Any theological college. 
(a) 1988 c.40. 
(b) 1992 c.37. 
(c) S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15). 
(d) S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3) . 
(e) 1996 c.56; section 2(3) was amended by section 215(2) of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) which gave effect to Part 3 of 
Schedule 22 to that Act; there are also other amendments to section 2 which are not relevant to this Order. 
(f) 1980 c.44.  3EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part  of the Regulations) 
The Order specifies education establishments for th e purposes of Part I of the Copyright, Designs 
and Patents Act 1988, that is to say, sections 31B (multiple copies for visually impaired persons), 
33 to 36A (educational use of works, recordings, etc in which copyright subsists) and sections 137 
to 141 (reprographic copying of works under licence). It revokes the Copyright (Educational 
Establishments) (No. 2) Order 1989. /g3STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
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