Order in Council, March 7, 1898
Whereas, &c. (Preamble recites the Berne Convention, 1886, Order in Council November 28, 1887, other Orders in Council affecting countries subsequently acceding, and the Additional Act of Paris.)
And whereas Her Majesty in Council is satisfied that the foreign countries named in the body of this Order and parties to the said Additional Act have made such provisions as it appears to Her Majesty expedient to require for the protection of authors of works first produced in Her Majesty’s dominions:
Now therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council and by virtue of the authority committed to Her by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, doth order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:
(1.) The Additional Act of the Berne Convention set forth in the Schedule to this Order shall as from the commencement of this Order have full effect throughout Her Majesty’s dominions, and all persons are enjoined to observe the same.
(2.) This Order shall extend to the foreign countries following, that is to say:1784
Germany,
Belgium,
Spain,
France,
Italy,
Luxembourg,
Monaco,
Montenegro,
Switzerland, and
Tunis.
(3.) The fourth article of the Order in Council of November 28, 1887, shall as from the commencement of this Order cease to apply to the foreign countries to which this Order extends:
(4.) The Order in Council of November 28, 1887, shall continue to be of full force and effect save in so far as the same is varied by this Order.
(5.) Nothing contained in this Order shall prejudicially affect any right acquired or accrued before the commencement of this Order by virtue of the said Order in Council of November 28, 1887, or otherwise, and any person entitled to such right shall continue entitled thereto and to the remedies for the same in like manner as if this Order had not been made.
(6.) The author of any literary or artistic work first produced before the commencement of this Order shall have the rights and remedies to which he is entitled under section 6 of The International Copyright Act, 1886.
(7.) This Order shall be construed as if it formed part of The International Copyright Act, 1886.
(8.) This Order shall come into operation on the date hereof, which day is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order.
And the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury are to give the necessary orders herein accordingly.