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1 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall be amended as follows. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In section 164(1) (Crown copyright in Acts of Parliament, etc.), after “Scottish Parliament” insert “ , Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly ” . 6 After section 166A insert— Copyright in Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 166B 1 Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly belongs to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. 2 Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill is handed in to the Assembly for introduction— a until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or b if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further proceedings of the Assembly may be taken in respect of it. 3 References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section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 Assembly. 7 In the definition of “ parliamentary proceedings ” in section 178 (definitions), the words “, of the New Northern Ireland Assembly” shall cease to have effect. 8 In section 179 (index of defined expressions), in column 2 of the entry for “Parliamentary copyright”, for “and 166A(3)” substitute “ 166A(3) and 166B(3) ” .