Singapore legislation

Regulation 56

of Copyright Regulations 2021

Regulation 56

Inspection of retained declarations

Subregulation 1

The rights owner of a copyright work (being an authorial work, a sound recording or a film) or a protected performance may, by written notice to the administrator or an authorised officer of a public collection, request to do one or more of the following:

(a)

inspect all declarations retained by the custodian of the public collection under the provisions of this Division;

(b)

inspect those declarations to the extent that they were made during a specified period;

(c)

inspect those declarations to the extent that they were made under a specified provision of the Act;

(d)

in relation to a request to inspect declarations made under section 227(2)(e)(ii) or 232(2)(e)(ii), inspect the public collection.

Subregulation 2

A notice under paragraph (1) must specify the date on which the rights owner wishes to make the inspection.

Subregulation 3

The date specified must —

(a)

be an ordinary working day for the custodian of the public collection; and

(b)

fall 7 or more days after the date on which the notice is given.

Subregulation 4

A rights owner who gives notice under paragraph (1) may —

(a)

inspect the specified declarations (and, where applicable, the public collection) on the specified date; and

(b)

for that purpose, enter the premises of the public collection on that date and during the business hours of the custodian of the public collection (but no earlier than 10 a.m. and no later than 3 p.m.).

Subregulation 5

The custodian of the public collection must provide all reasonable facilities and assistance for a rights owner to exercise the rights under this regulation.

Subregulation 6

In this regulation, a reference to a rights owner includes a reference to an agent of a rights owner.