Singapore legislation

Regulation 71

of Copyright Regulations 2021

Regulation 71

Section 285 — prescribed manner of informing rights owner of public act

Subregulation 1

This regulation prescribes, for the purposes of section 285(2)(a), the means by which a rights owner of a copyright work or protected performance is to be informed of a public act.

Subregulation 2

The rights owner is to be informed by way of a person (X) giving notice on behalf of the Government.

Subregulation 3

The notice must be given —

(a)

if X knows the rights owner’s name and address for service in Singapore — by service of the notice on the copyright owner;

(b)

if sub‑paragraph (a) does not apply and X knows the rights owner’s name and residential or business address outside Singapore — by service of the notice by post on the rights owner; and

(c)

in any other case — by advertising the notice.

Subregulation 4

A reference to the rights owner in paragraph (3) includes a reference to a person authorised by the rights owner to deal with the relevant copyright work or protected performance.

Subregulation 5

A notice under this regulation must —

(a)

be given in the name of the Government;

(b)

if the public act is done in relation to an article in a periodical publication (being a periodical publication which states its ISSN) — state the ISSN;

(c)

if the public act is done in relation to an edition of an authorial work (being an edition that states its ISBN) — state the ISBN;

(d)

if sub‑paragraphs (b) and (c) do not apply —

(i)

state the title (if any) of the relevant work or performance; or

(ii)

if the relevant work or performance has no title — a description of the relevant work or performance that will enable the relevant work or performance to be identified;

(e)

specify the public act to which the notice relates;

(f)

state whether the public act has been done by the Government or by a person authorised by the Government;

(g)

where the public act has been done by a person authorised by the Government — state the name of that person; and

(h)

state that the purpose of the notice is to inform the rights owner under section 285(2)(a) of the doing of the public act.