STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2007 No. 266 
COPYRIGHT 
The Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for 
Educational Recording of Broadcasts) (Educational Recording 
Agency Limited) Order 2007 
Made  - - - - 1st February 2007 
The Educational Recording Agency Limit ed (company number 2423219), whose registered office 
is at New Premier House, 150 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5AL has applied to the 
Secretary of State to certify, for the purposes of section 35 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”)( a), a licensing scheme to be operated by 
it: 
The Secretary of State is satisfied that the scheme enables the works to which it relates to be 
identified with sufficient certainty by persons likely to require licences and that it sets out clearly 
the charges (if any) payable and the other terms on which licences will be granted: 
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 143 
of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 2A to, the Act, hereby makes the following Order: 
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for Educational 
Recording of Broadcasts) (Educational Recording Agency Limited) Order 2007. 
2. The licensing scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order is certified for the purposes of 
section 35 (b) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (c) to, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 
1988. 
3. The certification under article 2 shall come into operation on 1st April 2007. 
 
 
 Malcolm Wicks  
 Minister of State for Science and Innovation 
1st February 2007 Department of Trade and Industry 
                                                                                                                                                              
 
 
(a) 1988 c.48. 
(b) Section 35 was amended by regulations 2, 3 and 12 and Schedule 2 to the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 
(SI 2003/2498). 
(c) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 was amended by regulations 2, 3 and 12 of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003.  2 
 SCHEDULE Article 2 
The Educational Recording Agency Limited Licensing Scheme 
Nature of the Licence 
1. The Educational Recording Agency Limited (known as “ERA”) is authorised to operate a 
Licensing Scheme for the purposes of both section 35 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 
2. ”The Act” refers to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or any relevant law 
amending, modifying or re-enacting it from time to time. 
3. Set out below are the terms of the Licensing Sc heme which ERA has been authorised to 
operate to the extent that the same has been certified for the purposes of both section 35 of the Act 
and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Act (“the Licensing Scheme”). 
4. These terms shall form part of licences issued under the Licensing Scheme (“the Licence”). 
5. The Licensing Scheme and Licences issued under it shal l apply only to Relevant Rights when 
used for non-commercial educational purposes w ithin or on behalf of an Educational 
Establishment. All licensees under the Licensing Scheme shall either be or represent an 
Educational Establishment (“Licensee”). 
6. ”Educational Establishment” shall mean any school and any other description of educational 
establishment as may be specified by order of the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 
174 of the Act. 
ERA Repertoire and Licensor Members 
7.—(1) The copyright works and rights in perform ances relevant to a Licence granted under the 
Licensing Scheme (“ERA Repertoire”) are the works and performances in respect of which and to 
the extent to which the Licensor Members of ERA (or persons represented by the Licensor 
Members) own or control Relevant Rights. 
(2) “Relevant Rights” shall comprise the right: 
(a) to cause or authorise the making of recordings of a broadcast and copies of such a 
recording and (only as a direct result of their inclusion in a broadcast) of copyright works 
and/or performances contained in the recorded broadcast by or on behalf of an Educational Establishment for the educational  purposes of that Educational Establishment 
(“ERA Recordings”); and 
(b) to authorise ERA Recordings to be communicated to the public by a person situated 
within the premises of an Educational Establish ment but only to the extent that the 
communication cannot be received by any person situated outside the premises of that 
Educational Establishment. 
8. The Licensor Members of ERA and the works and performances forming part of ERA 
Repertoire in respect of which th e Relevant Rights are ow ned or controlled by such Licensor 
Members will for the purposes of Licences issued under the Licensing Scheme comprise: 
AUTHORS’ LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY LIMITED (“ALCS”) 
Those literary and dramatic works which are owned by or controlled by persons represented by 
ALCS and which are included in any broadcast.  3BBC WORLDWIDE LIMITED 
The broadcasts of the British Broadcasting Corpor ation and all those copyright works owned or 
controlled by the British Broadcasting Corpor ation which are included in any broadcast. 
CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION CORPORATION (“Channel 4”) 
The broadcasts made on Channel 4, E4 and/or Fi lm Four and/or any other broadcast service 
operated by Channel 4 or any of its subsidiary comp anies and all those copyright works owned or 
controlled by Channel 4 or any of its subsidi ary companies included in any broadcast. 
CHANNEL 5 BROADCASTING LIMITED (“Channel 5”) 
The broadcasts made on Five and/or any other broadcast  service operated by Channel 5 or any of 
its subsidiary companies and all those copyright works owned or c ontrolled by Channel 5 or any 
of its subsidiary companies included in any broadcast. 
DESIGN AND ARTISTS COPYRIGHT SOCIETY LIMITED (“DACS”) 
Those artistic works (as defined in the Act) in which the copyright is owned or controlled by the 
members of DACS or the members of copyright societies represented by DACS and which are 
included in any broadcast. 
EQUITY 
The performances by persons represented by Equity which are included in any broadcast. 
THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS (“ISM”) 
The literary and musical works which are owned by or controlled by persons represented by ISM 
and the performances by persons who are represented by ISM which are included in any 
broadcast. 
THE BRITISH PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY LIMITED (“BPI”) 
Those sound recordings which are owned or controlled by persons represented by BPI and which 
are included in any broadcast from which an ERA Recording is made. 
ITV NETWORK LIMITED (“ITV Network”) 
The broadcasts made on the channel branded as ITV1  in England and Wales, as the STV regions 
(formerly known as Grampian TV and Scottish TV) in Scotland, as Ulster in Northern Ireland, and 
as Channel TV in the Channel Islands, on ITV 2, on ITV 3, on the ITV News Channel and/or any 
other broadcast service operated by ITV Network Li mited or any of its associated or subsidiary 
companies and all those copyright works owned or controlled by ITV Network Limited or any of 
its subsidiary or associated compani es included in any broadcast. 
MECHANICAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SOCIETY LIMITED (“MCPS”) 
Those musical works and sound recordings which are owned or controlled by members of MCPS 
and entrusted by its members to MCPS and which are included in any broadcast from which an 
ERA Recording is made. 
MUSICIANS’ UNION (“the MU”) 
The performances by persons represented by the MU which are included in any broadcast.  4THE PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY LIMITED (“PRS”) 
The musical works which are owned or contro lled by the PRS or by persons represented by the 
PRS and which are included in any broadcast from which an ERA Recording has been made. 
PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED (“PPL”) 
Those sound recordings which are owned or represented by PPL and which are included in any 
broadcast from which an ERA Recording is made. 
SIANEL PEDWAR CYMRU (“S4C”) 
The broadcasts made on S4C, S4C Digital and/or S4C2 and/or any  other broadcast service 
operated by S4C or any of its subsidiary compani es and all those copyright works owned or 
controlled by S4C or any of its subsidiar y companies included in any broadcast. 
For the above purposes “broadcast” shall have the meaning provided by section 6 of the Act. 
However, Licences under the Licensing Scheme shall not authorise the recording of Open 
University programmes. If the Licensee is in any doubt as to whether a Licence covers a particular 
right or a particular copyright work the Licen see shall be entitled to contact ERA who shall be 
obliged within a reasonable time (by one of the Licensor Members) to confirm whether or not a 
particular right is owned or controlled by one of the Licensors. 
9. No recording or copying of a broadcast under any Licence shall be made except by or on 
behalf of an Educational Establishment and any such recording or copying shall be made either: 
(a) on the premises of the Educational Establishm ent by or under the direct supervision of a 
teacher or employee of the Licensee; or 
(b) at the residence of a teacher employed by the Licensee by that teacher; or 
(c) at the premises of a third party authorised by the Licensee to make recordings or copies 
on behalf of the Licensee under written contractual terms and conditions which prevent the retention or use of any recordings or copies by that third party or any other third party 
unless ERA shall have expressly agreed that a specific third party may retain any 
recordings or copies for subsequent use only by authorised Licensees of ERA in accordance with the provisions of the Licensing Scheme. 
Maintaining records 
10. Licensees shall be required to ensure that all ERA Recordings or copies comprising ERA 
Recordings made under a Licence provide for sufficient acknowledgement of the broadcast 
relevant to the ERA Recording to be given with each ERA Recording being marked with the name 
of the broadcaster, the date upon which the broadcast took place and the title of the recording. 
To provide sufficient acknowledgement all copies shall be marked with a statement in clear and 
bold lettering reading: 
“This recording is to be used only for non-com mercial educational purposes under the terms 
of the ERA Licence”  
or such other wording or statement as ERA shall reasonably require from time to time. 
Physical copies shall include the statement on the exterior of the copy, and /or its packaging. 
When under the Licence copies are made and stored in digital form for access through a computer 
server, the statement shall also be included as a written opening credit or webpage which must be 
viewed or listened to before access to the ERA Recording is permitted. 
11. Licensees may be required to record and maintain at the request of ERA details of 
broadcasts and television or radio programmes or any part or parts of such programmes which are  5made as ERA Recordings and the number of copies of such recordings made under a Licence and 
to make available to ERA such records for inspection. 
12. Licensees shall undertake that if and when any ERA Recordings are communicated to the 
public by a person situated within the premises of an Educational Establishment under the Licence 
suitable password, and other digital rights ma nagement or technological protection systems are 
operated and applied by the Licensee to ensure that such communication is not received or 
receivable by persons situated outside the premises of the licensed Educational Establishment. 
13. Licensees may be required to maintain further records and answer questionnaires or surveys 
as ERA may reasonably require for the proper operation of the Licensing Scheme. 
14. ERA shall be entitled to inspect and Licensees shall provide for ERA to have access to all 
records that Licensees and licensed Educational Establis hments are required to maintain under the 
above provisions, and further to have access to all ERA Recordings however stored under the 
terms of a Licence, in order to inspect the same to check compliance with the Licence. 
Period of Licence and Fees 
15. Licences shall be granted in consideration of payment of the agreed Licence fees and may be 
granted for such period or periods as may from time to time be specified by or agreed with ERA. 
16. The Licence fee shall be calculated by reference to the period for which the Licence is 
granted and to the tariff appli cable in respect of that period. 
17. The annual tariff shall be calculated on a full-time or full-time equivalent per head basis by 
category of student in an Ed ucational Establishment. 
 
For Licences taking effect on or after 1st April 2007 the annual tariff shall be: 
Students in Primary school s (including Educational Establishments known as 
Preparatory Schools) 30p per head 
Students in Secondary schools 52p per head 
Students in Educational Establishment s of Further Education (including former 
Sixth Form Colleges) 98p per head 
Students in Educational Establishment s of Higher Education (including Higher 
Education Colleges, Theological Colleges and Universities) £1.55 per head 
Students in Educational Est ablishments not listed above specified from time to 
time by the Secretary of State under section 174 of the Act £1.55 per head 
  
For Licences taking effect on or after 1st April 2008 the annual tariff shall be: Students in Primary school s (including Educational Establishments known as 
Preparatory Schools) 31p per head 
Students in Secondary schools 54p per head 
Students in Educational Establishment s of Further Education (including former 
Sixth Form Colleges) £1.01 per head 
Students in Educational Establishment s of Higher Education (including Higher 
Education Colleges, Theological Colleges and Universities) £1.60 per head 
Students in Educational Est ablishments not listed above specified from time to 
time by the Secretary of State under section 174 of the Act £1.60 per head 
Discounted rates may be negotiated at ERA’ s discretion to cover groups of Educational 
Establishments. 
18. Licence fees for Licences running for a period of less than one year shall be calculated on a 
pro-rata basis against the applicable annual tariff. 
19. Licensees shall pay agreed Licence fees together with any VAT and any other Government 
tax which may be applicable from time to time in addition to such Licence Fee on such a date or 
dates as may from time to time be required by ERA in the Licence and within 28 days of invoice.  6Termination 
20. ERA shall be entitled to terminate Licences granted: 
(a) if Licence Fees are not paid when due; or 
(b) for any other substantial breach of the conditions of the Licence, 
provided that ERA shall have given to the Licensee written notice identifying the nature of late 
payment or the nature of the breach. 
The termination will become effective twenty eight days after receipt of the written notice unless 
during the relevant period of twenty eight days the Licensee makes payment of outstanding fees or 
remedies the breach. 
21. Licences will automatically terminate: 
(a) if and when an administrator, receiver, administrative receiver or other encumbrancer 
takes possession of, or is appointed over, the whole or any substantial part of the assets of a Licensee; 
(b) if the Licensee enters into an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its 
creditors (including any voluntary arrangement under the Insolvency Act 1986)( a); 
(c) if a petition is presented for the purpose of consi dering a resolution for the making of an 
administration order, the winding-up or dissolution of the Licensee. 
22. If punctual payment of agreed Licence Fees is not made, ERA shall be entitled to charge 
interest on amounts unpaid at the rate of statutory interest prescribed under section 6 of the Late 
Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998( b). 
23. Upon expiry of a Licence without renewal or when a Licence is terminated by ERA it shall 
be entitled to require a Licensee to delete all ERA Recordings or copies made by the Educational 
Establishment to which the Licence related. 
24. If a Licensee is in breach of the terms of a Licence and ERA incurs costs and expenses either 
in monitoring and discovering any breach of the terms of a Licence or in enforcing the conditions 
of any Licence, the Licensee shall be required to indemnify ERA in respect of any such costs and 
expenses so incurred. 
25. Licensees shall be required to take all reasonable st eps to ensure that rights granted by a 
Licence are not exceeded or abused by teachers, employees, pupils or other persons. 
26. Licences issued shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England 
and Wales. 
                                                                                                                                                              
 
 
(a) 1986 c.45. 
(b) 1998 c.20.  7 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
Under section 35 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 recordings of broadcasts may be 
made by or on behalf of educational establishments without thereby infringing copyright. Similar 
provision is made by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to that Act in relation to performances. These 
provisions do not, however, apply if and to the exte nt that there is a licensing scheme certified for 
the purposes of the relevant provision providing for the grant of licences. 
This Order certifies a licensing scheme to be oper ated by the Educational Recording Agency 
Limited (effective from 1st April 2007) for the granting of licences to educational establishments 
for the recording by them of broadcasts, other than television programmes broadcast on behalf of 
the Open University which are the subject  of a separate licensing scheme (SI 2003/187) £3.00 
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2007 No. 266 
COPYRIGHT 
The Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for 
Educational Recording of Broadcasts) (Educational Recording 
Agency Limited) Order 2007 