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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 153A

Applications and referrals relating to Division 4 of Part IVA

  (1)   This section applies to an application or referral to the Tribunal mentioned in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection   (4).

  (2)   The parties to the application or referral are the parties mentioned in column 2 of the item.

  (3)   The Tribunal must:

  (a)   consider the application or referral; and

  (b)   give the parties the opportunity to present their cases; and

  (c)   comply with column 3 of the item.

  (4)   This is the table:

 

Applications and referrals relating to licensed copying and communicating

Item

Column 1

Application or referral

Column 2

Parties

Column 3

The Tribunal must ...

1

an application made under paragraph   113P(4)(b) or 113S(4)(b) to determine a question

(a) the relevant collecting society; and

(b) the body administering the relevant educational institution

having regard to any matters prescribed by the regulations, determine the relevant question under subsection   113P(4) or 113S(4).

2

an application made under paragraph   113R(2)(b) to determine an amount of equitable remuneration

(a) the relevant collecting society; and

(b) the body administering the relevant educational institution

having regard to any matters prescribed by the regulations, determine the amount of equitable remuneration under subsection   113R(2).

3

a referral under paragraph   113V(2)(c) of an application by a body (the applicant ) to be declared to be a collecting society

(a) the applicant; and

(b) any person made a party under subsection   (5) of this section

(a) declare the applicant to be a collecting society under subsection   113V(3); or

(b) refuse to declare the applicant to be a collecting society.

4

a referral under paragraph   113X(2)(b) of the question whether a declaration of a body to be a collecting society should be revoked

(a) the Minister; and

(b) the body; and

(c) any person made a party under subsection   (5) of this section

(a) revoke the declaration under subsection   113X(3); or

(b) refuse to revoke the declaration.

5

an application under subsection   113ZB(1) for review of the arrangement adopted, or proposed to be adopted, by a collecting society for distributing amounts it collects in a period

(a) the applicant for the review; and

(b) the collecting society (if it is not the applicant); and

(c) any member or organization made a party under subsection   (5) of this section

make an order under subsection   113ZB(2).

  (5)   For the purposes of column 2 of item   3, 4 or 5 of the table, the Tribunal may make the following person or organization a party to the referral or application if the person or organization asks to be made a party:

  (a)   in the case of item   3 or 4--a person the Tribunal thinks has a sufficient interest in the matter;

  (b)   in the case of item   5--a person or organization that:

  (i)   the Tribunal thinks has a substantial interest in the arrangement; and

  (ii)   is a member of the collecting society, or is an organization that claims to be representative of members of the collecting society.



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