COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT (AS AMENDED) (ii) acts for or represents, either directly or through arrangements with other collecting societies, a substantial number of owners of copyright in works of the class or classes specified in the application; and (e) the society is capable of ensuring the enforcement of the rights of the copyright owners and other persons whom it will act for or represent; and, subject to subsection (4), if he is not so satisfied he shall refuse the application. (4) If an applicant has not been able to satisfy the Registrar as to any matter referred to in subsection (3) but the Registrar considers that he will be able to do so before a final decision is made on the application, the Registrar may accept the application subject to such modifications, conditions or limitations as may be appropriate. (5) The Registrar may at any time, whether before or after acceptance of the application, correct any error in or in connection with an application under subsection (1). (6) At the request of a person whose application under subsection (1) has been refused or accepted subject to modifications, conditions or limitations, and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Registrar shall provide him, in writing, with the grounds for his decision and the information he used in arriving at the decision. (7) Where the Registrar has provided an applicant with grounds for his decision in terms of subsection (6), in any subsequent appeal to the Tribunal arising out of that decision⎯ (a) the appeal shall be determined on the information which the Registrar stated he used in arriving at his decision and on any further information the applicant may have laid before him; and (b) the Registrar may take no further grounds of objection to the application other than those stated by him, except with the leave of the Tribunal, and where the Tribunal gives the Registrar such leave the applicant shall be entitled, on giving the prescribed notice, to withdraw his appeal without payment of costs. 93 Duration of registration of collecting society Subject to section ninety-four, the registration of a collecting society shall continue for so long as the society remains in existence. 94 Cancellation of registration of collecting society (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar may, on his own initiative or on application by any interested person, cancel or amend the registration of a collecting society if he is satisfied that the society— (a) has contravened or failed to comply with any provision of this Act or any direction or order made or given to it under this Act; or (a) no longer owns the copyright in any of the classes of works in respect of which it was registered; or (b) no longer acts for or represents the copyright owners of any of the classes of works in respect of which it was registered. Act 11/2001 - 52 Chapter 26:01

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