Convention country orders

Copyright and related rights

The UK’s membership of certain international conventions and treaties gives rise to obligations to protect copyright works and performances originating in other member countries. Periodically the UK must update our legislation via a Convention Country Order to take into account recent accessions or expected accessions to those conventions.

The other member countries of the conventions and treaties must reciprocate that protection, which benefits the UK’s creative industries.

The Orders revoke, replace and update existing Orders giving effect to our international responsibilities.

Full details of the latest Copyright Convention Country Orders may be accessed via:

List of the latest Copyright Convention Country Orders. The first column contains the date the order was issued. Read along the row to find the statutory instrument number and a description of the order.
Date	SI No.	Order
12 November 2009	2009 No 2745	The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009
6 April 2008	2008 No 677	The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2008