diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/creation/CreationPolicy.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/creation/CreationPolicy.js
index 0ccf82d907..28749e711f 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/src/creation/CreationPolicy.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/src/creation/CreationPolicy.js
@@ -27,23 +27,19 @@ define(
         "use strict";
 
         /**
-         * A policy for determining whether objects of a certain type can be
+         * A policy for determining whether objects of a given type can be
          * created.
-         * @returns {{allow: Function}}
          * @constructor
+         * @implements {Policy}
+         * @memberof platform/commonUI/browse
          */
         function CreationPolicy() {
-            return {
-                /**
-                 * Only allow creation of object types that have the
-                 * Creation capability
-                 */
-                allow: function (type) {
-                    return type.hasFeature("creation");
-                }
-            };
         }
 
+        CreationPolicy.prototype.allow = function (type) {
+            return type.hasFeature("creation");
+        };
+
         return CreationPolicy;
     }
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/entanglement/src/services/CopyTask.js b/platform/entanglement/src/services/CopyTask.js
index a12bdf2f11..770b21f27a 100644
--- a/platform/entanglement/src/services/CopyTask.js
+++ b/platform/entanglement/src/services/CopyTask.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 /*global define */
 
 define(
-    ["uuid"],
-    function (uuid) {
+    [],
+    function () {
         "use strict";
 
         /**
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ define(
 
             parent.getModel().composition.push(child.getId());
 
-            //Check if the object being composed is a link
-            if (!child.getCapability("location").isLink()) {
+            //If a location is not specified, set it.
+            if (!child.getModel().location) {
                 child.getModel().location = parent.getId();
             }
         }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ define(
          */
         function addClonesToParent(self) {
             return self.firstClone.getCapability("persistence").persist()
-                .then(function(){self.parent.getCapability("composition").add(self.firstClone.getId())})
+                .then(function(){self.parent.getCapability("composition").add(self.firstClone.getId());})
                 .then(function(){return self.parent.getCapability("persistence").persist();})
                 .then(function(){return self.firstClone;});
         }
@@ -132,11 +132,8 @@ define(
          * cloning objects, and composing them with their child clones
          * as it goes
          * @private
-         * @param originalObject
-         * @param originalParent
-         * @returns {*}
          */
-        CopyTask.prototype.copy = function(originalObject, originalParent) {
+        CopyTask.prototype.copy = function(originalObject) {
             var self = this,
                 clone;
 
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ define(
                 // creation capability of the targetParent to create the
                 // new clone. This will ensure that the correct persistence
                 // space is used.
-                clone = this.parent.hasCapability("instantiation") && this.parent.useCapability("instantiation", cloneObjectModel(originalObject.getModel()));
+                clone = this.parent.useCapability("instantiation", cloneObjectModel(originalObject.getModel()));
 
                 //Iterate through child tree
                 return this.$q.when(originalObject.useCapability('composition')).then(function(composees){
@@ -203,10 +200,6 @@ define(
         CopyTask.prototype.perform = function(){
             this.deferred = this.$q.defer();
 
-            if (!this.parent.hasCapability('composition')){
-                return this.$q.reject();
-            }
-
             this.buildCopyPlan()
                 .then(persistObjects)
                 .then(addClonesToParent)
diff --git a/platform/entanglement/test/services/CopyServiceSpec.js b/platform/entanglement/test/services/CopyServiceSpec.js
index d4de5aa2aa..3d4ebf147e 100644
--- a/platform/entanglement/test/services/CopyServiceSpec.js
+++ b/platform/entanglement/test/services/CopyServiceSpec.js
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ define(
                         ['notify', 'resolve', 'reject']
                     );
                     mockDeferred.notify.andCallFake(function(notification){});
-                    mockDeferred.reject.andCallFake(function(){});
                     mockDeferred.resolve.andCallFake(function(value){resolvedValue = value;});
                     mockDeferred.promise = {
                         then: function(callback){
@@ -413,15 +412,23 @@ define(
                         object = domainObjectFactory({
                             name: 'object',
                             capabilities: {
-                                type: { type: 'object' }
+                                type: { type: 'object' },
+                                location: locationCapability,
+                                persistence: persistenceCapability
                             }
                         });
+
                         newParent = domainObjectFactory({
                             name: 'parentCandidate',
                             capabilities: {
-                                type: { type: 'parentCandidate' }
+                                type: { type: 'parentCandidate' },
+                                instantiation: instantiationCapability,
+                                composition: compositionCapability,
+                                persistence: persistenceCapability
                             }
                         });
+
+                        instantiationCapability.invoke.andReturn(object);
                     });
 
                     it("throws an error", function () {