Singapore legislation

Regulation 66

of Copyright Regulations 2021

Regulation 66

Sections 260 and 261 — payment by deposit into bank account where copyright owner cannot be found

Subregulation 1

This regulation applies for the purposes of sections 260(1)(f) and 261(2)(g) where, despite making reasonable efforts, X is unable to find out the name, or the address for service, of the copyright owner of the included work.

Subregulation 2

Subject to regulation 67, X is deemed to have paid the prescribed royalty to the copyright owner for the records (being records of the included work) sold or supplied by X during an accounting period if —

(a)

within 28 days after the expiry of the accounting period, X deposits the amount of royalty payable into a bank account; and

(b)

X maintains that amount in the bank account for 6 years after the deposit is made.

Subregulation 3

A bank account used for the purposes of paragraph (2) must only contain moneys deposited under that paragraph.

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 67 —

(a)

the first accounting period is the period of 3 months starting on the earlier of the following dates:

(i)

the date on which X first sells or first supplies a record of the included work;

(ii)

any other date fixed by X; and

(b)

every successive period of 3 months is an accounting period.