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WARTA KERAJAANPERSEKUTUAN
FEDERALGOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PERATURAN-PERATURAN HAK CIPTA (BADAN PELESENAN) 2012
COPYRIGHT (LICENSING BODY) REGULATIONS 2012
DISIARKAN OLEH/ PUBLISHED BY JABATAN PEGUAM NEGARA/ ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
CHAMBERS
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COPYRIGHT ACT 1987
COPYRIGHT (LICENSING BODY) REGULATIONS 2012
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
Regulation
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Prescribed fees
4. Forms
5. Application for declaration
6. Declaration
7. Register of Licensing Bodies
8. Revocation
9. Obligations of a licensing body
10. Non-refundable fees
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
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COPYRIGHT ACT 1987
COPYRIGHT (LICENSING BODY) REGULATIONS 2012
IN exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27A and 59 of the Copyright Act 1987
[Act 332], the Minister makes the following regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Copyright (Licensing Body)
Regulations 2012.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 June 2012.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires
“Act” means the Copyright Act 1987;
"Register" means the Register of Licensing Bodies referred to in
subregulation 7(1);
“Copyright Office” means the office of the Corporation;
“Controller” shall have the same meaning as defined under the Act;
“Corporation” shall have the same meaning as defined under the Act;
“Tribunal” shall have the same meaning as defined under the Act.
Prescribed fees
3. The fees payable under these Regulations shall be as prescribed in the First
Schedule.
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Forms
4. (1) The forms listed in the Second Schedule shall be used for the purposes
mentioned in these Regulations.
(2) The contents of the forms listed in the Second Schedule shall be such as
may be determined by the Controller.
Application for declaration
5. (1) An application for a declaration under subsection 27A(2) of the Act shall
be made in Form LB-1 together with the prescribed fee to the Controller.
(2) The Form LB-1 shall be signed by a director, manager, secretary, partner,
or other similar officer or person of the society, organization, body corporate or firm, as
the case may be.
Declaration
6. (1) Subject to regulation 5, the Controller may issue a declaration under
subsection 27A(3) of the Act declaring an applicant to be a licensing body if the
Controller is satisfied that—
(a) the applicant’s rules are in compliance with the provisions of the
Act;
(b) information relating to the licensing scheme is available to the
public;
(c) the applicant is fit and proper to be a licensing body; and
(d) the prescribed fee has been paid.
Reg
7.
ister of
(1)
Licen
The
sing Bodies
Controller shall keep and maintain a register called the Register of
Licensing Bodies in such form and on such medium as the Controller may determine.
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(2) The Register shall contain all such particulars relating to a licensing body
as notified by the licensing body to the Controller.
(3) Any person may make a request to the Controller, in Form LB-2 together
with the prescribed fee, to examine the Register.
(4) Upon approval by the Controller, the person who made the request may
examine the Register, at such time and upon such conditions as may be determined by
the Controller, at the Copyright Office.
Revocation
8. (1) A declaration shall be valid unless revoked by the Controller.
(2) A licensing body which is aggrieved by the decision of the Controller to
revoke the declaration given to the licensing body may request from the Controller, in
Form LB-3 together with the prescribed fee, for grounds of the revocation for the
purpose of appealing to the Tribunal.
(3) The licensing body shall, within fourteen days from the date of the
decision of the Tribunal, serve a copy of such decision on the Controller together with
Form LB-4.
Obligations of a licensing body
9. (1) If a licensing body has altered its rules forming part of its constituent
document referred to in paragraph 27A(2)(a) of the Act, the licensing body shall submit
the altered rules in Form LB-5 together with the prescribed fee to the Controller within
thirty days from the date of the alteration.
(2) If there are changes to the particulars specified in Form LB-1, the
licensing body shall inform the Controller of such changes, in Form LB-6 together with
the prescribed fee, within thirty days from the date of the changes.
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(3) A licensing body shall provide the documents under subsection 27A(5) of
the Act together with Form LB-7.
Non-refundable fees
10. Any fee paid under these Regulations shall not be refundable.
FIRST SCHEDULE
FEES [Regulation 3]
Item Description Fee (RM)
1. Application for declaration [subregulation 5(1)] 1,000
2. Request to examine the Register [subregulation 7(3)]
20 per hour
3. Request for grounds of revocation [subregulation 8(2)] 1,000
4. Submission of the altered rules [subregulation9(1)] 200
5. Informing of changes to particulars [subregulation 9(2)] 100
SECOND SCHEDULE
FORMS [Regulation 4]
Item Description Form
1. Application for declaration [subregulation 5(1)] LB-1
2. Request to examine the Register [subregulation 7(3)] LB-2
3. Request for grounds of revocation [subregulation 8(2)] LB-3
4. Serve a copy of the Tribunal’s decision [subregulation 8(3)] LB-4
5. Submission of the altered rules [subregulation9(1)] LB-5
6. Informing of changes to particulars [subregulation 9(2)] LB-6
7. Provision of the documents under subsection 27A(5) of the Act [subregulation 9(3)]
LB-7
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Made 24 May 2012
[KPDN (PUU) (PU2)26/5f5; PN(PU2)457/IV]
DATO' SRI ISMAIL SABRI BIN YAAKOB
Minister of Domestic Trade,
Cooperative and Consumerism
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