Duration of copyright in sound recordings under this Part
20.—(1)  This regulation applies where copyright subsists in a sound recording only because of the operation of this Part.
(2)  Despite any provision of the Act, copyright in the sound recording expires upon the expiry of the equivalent protection of the recording under the law of the country of origin of the recording.
(3)  Paragraph (2) does not apply to any copyright subsisting immediately before 21 November 2021 in an unpublished sound recording.
(4)  For the purposes of paragraph (2), the country of origin of an unpublished sound recording is whichever of the following countries that provides the longest term of equivalent protection for the recording:
(a)the country of which the maker was a citizen or national when the recording was made;
(b)the country in which the maker was resident when the recording was made;
(c)the country under the law of which the maker (being a body corporate) was incorporated when the recording was made;
(d)the country in which the recording was made.
(5)  For the purposes of paragraph (2), the country of origin of a published sound recording is —
(a)if the recording was first published in only one country (being a reciprocating country) — that country;
(b)if the recording was first published simultaneously in 2 countries, of which only one is a reciprocating country — the reciprocating country;
(c)if the recording was first published simultaneously in 2 or more reciprocating countries — the reciprocating country whose law provides the shortest term of equivalent protection for the recording; and
(d)if the recording was first published only in a non‑reciprocating country — whichever of the following countries that provides the longest term of equivalent protection for the recording:
(i)the country of which the maker was a citizen or national when the recording was first published;
(ii)the country in which the maker was resident when the recording was first published;
(iii)the country under the law of which the maker (being a body corporate) was incorporated when the recording was first published;
(iv)the country in which the recording was made.