COPYRIGHT (CUSTOMS) REGULATIONS, 1964.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 231 of 1964.

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COPYRIGHT (CUSTOMS) REGULATIONS, 1964.

The Revenue Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1963 (No. 10 of 1963), hereby make the following regulations:

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in "Iris Oifigiúil" of 29 September, 1964.

SCHEDULE

Form No. 1.

Copyright Act, 1963.

Notice to the Revenue Commissioners.

I, of hereby give notice to the Revenue Commissioners under Section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1963, that

(i) I am the owner of the copyright in the following published literary, dramatic or musical work or sound recording:-

Title:

Full description:

Full name of Author/Maker*:

(ii) I request the Revenue Commissioners, during the period ending† , to treat as prohibited goods copies of the said work/recording* to which Section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1963, applies.

I hereby indemnify the Revenue Commissioners against any liability or expense which they may incur, in consequence of the detention, at any time during the period specified above, of any copy of the said work/recording* or in consequence of anything done in relation to a copy so detained.

Dated this day of

(Signature)

Statutory Declaration.

I, , of
do solemnly and sincerely declare that the contents of the above notice are true and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1938.

(Signature)

Declared before me by ............................................................................................................................ who is personally known to me (or who is identified to me by ......................................................................... who is personally known to me) at .................................................................................................................. this ......................................... day of ........................................................................................19.......

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Form No. 2.

Copyright Act, 1963.

Notice to the Revenue Commissioners.

I, of
hereby give notice to the Revenue Commissioners under Section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1963, that

(i) I am the owner of the copyright in the following published literary, dramatic or musical work or sound recording:-

Title:

Full description:

Full name of Author/Maker:3

(ii) the following goods, that is to say,4 which are about to be imported at on or about the day of by5 from are goods to which Section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1963, applies on the grounds that6

(iii) I request the Revenue Commissioners to treat the said goods as prohibited goods.

I hereby indemnify the Revenue Commissioners against any liability or expense which they may incur in consequence of the detention of the goods in question or in consequence of anything done in relation to such detention.

Dated this day of

(Signature)

Statutory Declaration.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely declare that the contents of the above notice are true and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1938.

(Signature)

Declared before me by ............................................................................................................................. who is personally known to me (or who is identified to me by ...................................................................... ...............................................who is personally known to me) at .............................................................. ......................................this..........................................day of .............................................................. 19.........

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GIVEN this 23rd day of September, 1964.

B. CULLIGAN,
Revenue Commissioner.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Regulations and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations replace the Regulations dated 22nd March, 1928, made by the Commissioners under Section 165 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927, which section was repealed by the Copyright Act, 1963.

The effect of the Regulations is

(a) to prescribe the form of notices requesting the Commissioners to treat as prohibited goods copies of copyright works or recordings made outside the State which, if made in the State, would be infringing copies;

(b) to prescribe the fee payable in respect of the notice;

(c) to set out the requirements as to furnishing information and indemnifying the Commissioners against any liability or expense arising out of the detention of copies.

* Delete words inapplicable.

† The period specified in the notice may not exceed five years and may not extend beyond the end of the period for which the copyright is to subsist.

3 Delete word inapplicable.

4 Full description of the goods should be given, e,g., number of packages, marks used, any other identifying particulars.