STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2003 No. 2499 (C. 93) 
COPYRIGHT 
The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 
(Commencement) Order 2003 
Made - - - - 28th September 2003 
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 8(2) of the 
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002( a), hereby makes the following Order: 
Citation 
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 
(Commencement) Order 2003. 
Commencement of provisions 
2. The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Ac t 2002 shall come into force on 31st October 
2003 immediately after the Copyright  and Related Rights Regulations 2003( b) have come into 
force.
Sainsbury of Turville, 
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, 
28th September 2003 Department of Trade and Industry 
(a) 2002 c. 33. 
(b) SI 2003/2498.  These Regulations amend the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002. EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order brings the Copyright (Visually Impair ed Persons) Act 2002 into force on 31st October 
2003 immediately after the Copy right and Related Ri ghts Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2498) 
(which amend that Act) have come into force. 
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