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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

28: Clause 43, page 52, line 21, at end insert— "( ) The regulations must provide for the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether to authorise a licensing body to grant copyright licences in respect of works to include— (a) the likely effect of the authorisation on— (i) authors of the works, (ii) members of the body, (iii) copyright owners on whose behalf the licensing body would be entitled to act pursuant to the authorisation, and (iv) licensees and potential licensees of the aspects of copyright that would be the subject of the authorisation, and (b) the extent to which the licensing body is entitled to negotiate or grant copyright licences in respect of similar works, other than under an authorisation under this section."