Clause 6
Amendment of section 140K
of Intellectual Property (Border Enforcement) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 5 of 91
Clause 6
Section 140K of the Copyright Act is amended —
(a)
by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) If —
(a)
the Director-General gives to the importer a written notice of the release of seized copies; and
(b)
the importer fails to take custody of the seized copies within the period specified in the notice,the Director-General may dispose of the copies —
(i)
in the manner prescribed by regulations; or
(ii)
if no manner of disposal is so prescribed, as the Director-General directs.”; and
(b)
by deleting the words “ordered to be forfeited” in the section heading.