Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Copyright (Access Control Measures — Prescribed Exceptions) Regulations 2024

Regulation 5

Exception — preservation and replacement of material in public collections

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), a person may circumvent an access control measure that has been applied to a protected copy of an authorial work, a sound recording, a film or a recording of a protected performance if the circumvention is for the purpose of making a copy of the authorial work, sound recording, film or recording of a protected performance in circumstances that constitute a permitted use under section 232(1) of the Act.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) does not apply where the circumstances relate to making a copy of the material under section 232(2)(c)(iv) of the Act.