Copyright Act 1956

The Copyright Act 1956 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received its royal assent on 5 November 1956. The act expanded copyright law in the UK and was passed in order to bring copyright law of the United Kingdom in line with international copyright law and technological developments.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was largely superseded and was repealed by section 303 of, and schedule 8 to, the Copyright, Designs and Patents [Act 1988].