Copyright Act 1968

This section has effect if the Minister refers to the Copyright Tribunal under section 135ZZT an application of a body to be declared a collecting society.

The parties to the reference are the applicant 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 either or both of the following questions:

whether the applicant should be declared to be a collecting society for all relevant copyright owners (as defined in Part VC) or a particular class of relevant copyright owners;

whether another body should cease to be the collecting society for any of the relevant copyright owners (as defined in Part VC) if the applicant is declared to be a collecting society.

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

by notifiable instrument, declare the applicant to be a collecting society under section 135ZZT; or

reject the application.