COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT (AS AMENDED)
(2) Before cancelling or amending the registration of a collecting society in terms of
subsection (1), otherwise than at the request of the society concerned, the Registrar shall give the
society a reasonable opportunity to make representations in the matter.
95 Application of provisions of Part XI to registration of collecting societies
Sections ninety-nine to one hundred and one, subsection (1) of section one hundred and
two, subsection (3) of section one hundred and three, sections one hundred and four and one
hundred and five and sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and ten shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, in respect of the registration of collecting societies in terms of this Part.
PART XI
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OTHER MATTERS
96 Interpretation in Part XI
In this Part—
“registrable work” means—
(a) an audio-visual work; or
(b) a computer program; or
(c) such other work or class of works as may be prescribed.
97 Matters that may be registered under Part XI: purpose of registration
(1)
The following may be registered in accordance with this Part—
(a) copyright in a registrable work; and
(b) any assignment of or licence in respect of copyright in any work, whether the work is
registrable or not; and
(c) any licence in respect of a reserved work of folklore granted under section eighty-five,
and any assignment of such a licence.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that the purpose of registering rights referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) is not to create copyright in a work or to limit the
rights that may be exercised in regard to any copyright, but rather to facilitate proof of—
(a) the existence, extent and ownership of any copyright that may exist in a work by virtue
of any other Part of this Act; and
(b) any assignment of, or licence granted in respect of, any such copyright;
98 Application for registration
(1)
An application for registration in the Register of⎯
(a) copyright in a registrable work may be made, subject to this Part, by or on behalf of the
owner of the copyright;
(b) an assignment or licence of copyright in a work may be made, subject to this Part, by or
on behalf of the owner of the copyright or by or on behalf of the licensee, as the case
may be;
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