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(1) Subject to subregulation (2), copyright subsisting in a work by reason only of the commencement of these Regulations ceases to subsist upon the expiration of the duration of the protection in the nature of copyright that subsists in relation to such a work under the laws of the country of origin of the work or the respective country specified in Schedule 1, 2 or 3, as they case may be.

(2) In any case where copyright in a work subsists by reason only of the commencement of these Regulations, the duration of the protection in the nature of copyright referred to in subregulation (1) shall not exceed the duration of the protection in the nature of copyright as provided under the Act in respect of such a work.