Section 77(4).

1 In the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, before Schedule 1 insert -

"Schedule A1 Regulation of licensing bodies

Codes of practice

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(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for a licensing body to be required to adopt a code of practice that complies with criteria specified in the regulations.

(2) The regulations may provide that, if a licensing body fails to adopt such a code of practice, any code of practice that is approved for the purposes of that licensing body by the Secretary of State, or by a person designated by the Secretary of State under the regulations, has effect as a code of practice adopted by the body.

(3) The regulations must provide that a code is not to be approved for the purposes of provision under sub-paragraph (2) unless it complies with criteria specified in the regulations.

2 Regulations under paragraph 1 may make provision as to conditions that are to be satisfied, and procedures that are to be followed -

(a) before a licensing body is required to adopt a code of practice as described in paragraph 1(1);