Copyright Act 1968

This section has effect if the Minister refers to the Copyright Tribunal under paragraph 135ZZZP(2)(b) the question whether the declaration of a body as a collecting society should be revoked.

The parties to the reference are:

the Minister; and

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 to present its case, the Tribunal must:

by notifiable instrument, revoke the declaration of the collecting society under subsection 135ZZZP(3); or

refuse to revoke the declaration.

If the Tribunal revokes the declaration of the collecting society, the revocation must specify the day on which it takes effect.