Copyright Act 1968

Any of the following persons may apply to the Tribunal for the revocation of a declaration under section 153F:

the collecting society;

a member of the collecting society;

a government.

The parties to an application are:

the applicant for revocation of the declaration; and

if the collecting society is not the applicant for revocation of the declaration—the collecting society; and

any person made a party by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal may make a person a party if:

the person asks to be made a party; and

the Tribunal thinks that the person has a sufficient interest in the question whether the declaration of the collecting society should be revoked.

After giving each party an opportunity of presenting its case, the Tribunal must:

by notifiable instrument, revoke the declaration of the collecting society; or

reject the application.

The Tribunal may only revoke the declaration of a company as the collecting society if the Tribunal is satisfied that the company:

is not functioning adequately as the collecting society; or

is not acting in accordance with its rules or in the best interests of its members who own copyright in copyright material or who are agents of copyright owners; or

has altered its rules so that they no longer comply with any one or more of paragraphs 153F(6)(b) to (f); or

has contravened section 183D or 183E (dealing with reporting and accounting, and alteration of rules).

A revocation must specify the day on which it takes effect.