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1 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows. 2 In section 12(9) (duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works), for “166” there is substituted “ 166A ” . 3 In section 153(2) (qualification for copyright protection), for “166” there is substituted “ 166A ” . 4 In section 163(6) (Crown copyright), for “and 166” there is substituted “ to 166A ” . 5 In section 164(1) (Crown copyright in Acts of Parliament etc.), after “Parliament” there is inserted “ Act of the Scottish Parliament ” . 6 After section 166 there is inserted— Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament. 166A 1 Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Scottish Parliament belongs to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. 2 Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Parliament for introduction— a until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or b if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further parliamentary proceedings may be taken in respect of it. 3 References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165) include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to other Parliamentary copyright. 4 No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Parliament. 7 In section 178 (minor definitions)— a in the definition of “ the Crown ”, after “of” there is inserted “ the Scottish Administration or of ” , and b in the definition of “ parliamentary proceedings ”, after “Assembly” there is inserted “ of the Scottish Parliament ” . 8 In section 179 (index of defined expressions), in column 2 of the entry for “Parliamentary copyright”, for “and 166(6)” there is substituted “ 166(6) and 166A(3) ” .