Transmission of copyright

113 Transmission of copyright
  • (1) Copyright is transmissible, as personal or moveable property, by—

    • (a) assignment; or

    • (b) testamentary disposition; or

    • (c) operation of law.

    (2) A transmission of copyright may be partial, that is, limited so as to apply—

    • (a) to 1 or more, but not all, of the things the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do:

    • (b) to part, but not the whole, of the period for which the copyright is to exist.

    Compare: 1962 No 33 s 56(1), (2); Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 90(1), (2) (UK)