Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Copyright (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 158

Section 158 of the Copyright Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) This section shall apply where application is made to a Tribunal under section 52(11) or (11C), 54(15) (including that provision as applied by section 115C) or 54A(7) for the determination of an equitable remuneration to be paid to the owner of the copyright in a work or other subject‑matter for the making of, or the making available or distribution to a person of (as the case requires) —

(a)

copies;

(b)

a copy for a person with reading disability; or

(c)

an intellectually handicapped reader’s copy,of the whole or of a part of that work or subject‑matter.”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)the body by which, or on behalf of which, the copies or copy referred to in subsection (1) were or was made, made available or distributed (as the case requires).”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)shall make an order determining the amount that it considers to be equitable remuneration to the owner of the copyright for the making, making available or distribution (as the case requires) of the copies or copy; and”.