Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023

Regulation 7

Membership must be based on written agreement

Subregulation 1

A CMO must not accept a person as a member without entering into a written membership agreement with the person, which agreement must comply with this Division.

Subregulation 2

Any amendment to the membership agreement must be made in writing.

Subregulation 3

The CMO must give a person (being a member) a copy of the person’s membership agreement —

(a)

when the person first becomes a member; or

(b)

within 7 days after the person makes a written request for a copy.

Subregulation 4

After any amendment to the membership agreement between a CMO and a member (but not after any amendment to the membership policy, the distribution policy or the dispute resolution policy), the CMO must give the member a copy of the amended membership agreement or the amended part of the membership agreement.