Singapore legislation

Section 283

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 283

Data sharing within public sector

(1)

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to —

(a)

make a copy of any of the following material:

(i)

a work;

(ii)

a recording of a protected performance; or

(b)

communicate the material.

(2)

The conditions are —

(a)

the material is in the possession, custody or control of the Government or a public body;

(b)

the copy or communication is made by a public body for the purpose of complying with a data sharing direction; and

(c)

copies of the material are not supplied, communicated or otherwise disclosed to any person otherwise than for the purpose of complying with the direction.

(3)

For the purposes of this Act, the supply of copies of any material in circumstances to which this section applies —

(a)

is not to be treated as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and

(b)

must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright in the material (or the included work).

(4)

In this section, “data sharing direction” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector Governance Act 2018.