COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT (AS AMENDED)
(4) The rights conferred by Part VII shall not subsist in any performance that took place
before the fixed date.
133 Act not to affect certain other rights
Nothing in this Act shall affect⎯
(a) any privilege or right of the State or any other person under any other law that is not
expressly repealed or modified by this Act; or
(b) the right of the State or any person deriving title from the State to sell, use or otherwise
deal with anything forfeited under any enactment, including this Act; or
(c) any rule of law relating to confidential or privileged information, unlawful competition
or personality rights.
134 Collecting societies to deposit certain agreements with Registrar
(1) Every registered collecting society shall ensure that a copy of any agreement which it
concludes with any other collecting society and which relates to—
(a) the management of rights of owners of copyright; or
(b) the representation of owners of copyright; or
(c) the administration of licence schemes;
is lodged without delay at the Copyright Office.
(2) The Registrar shall ensure that any agreement lodged in the Copyright Office in terms
of subsection (1) is kept available for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times.
135 Regulations
(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may by regulation provide for all matters which by
this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in his opinion, are necessary or
convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2)
Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may—
(a) designate countries and international organisations for the purposes of any provision of
this Act;
(b) provide for the issue of compulsory licences permitting—
(i) the reproduction, publication, performance or circulation, by educational
institutions, of any work; or
(ii) the translation of any work for the purpose of teaching, scholarship or research
or for use in a broadcast for any such purpose:
Provided that the acts authorised by such a licence shall not conflict with a normal
exploitation of the work concerned, nor shall any such licence unreasonably prejudice
the legitimate interests of the owner of the copyright in the work concerned;
(c) provide for the establishment of one or more schemes whereby⎯
(i) a levy is imposed on⎯
A. the sale of blank records which can be used for the recording of works in
accordance with section forty-one or forty-two; or
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