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59.
—(1) If at any time after 10th April 1988 it appears to the Minister charged with the responsibility for trade and industry that the royalty, or the minimum royalty, payable in respect of records generally or in respect of records included in a particular class of records is not equitable, he may request a Copyright Tribunal to hold an inquiry into the matter and report the result of its inquiry to him.
[23/2009 wef 31/12/2009]
(2) At any time after a Copyright Tribunal has made a report in relation to the royalty, or the minimum royalty, payable in respect of records generally or in respect of records included in a particular class of records, the regulations may provide that the relevant provision of this Act, in its application in respect of records generally or in respect of records included in that class of records, as the case may be, shall have effect as if it were subject to such variations as are provided by the regulations, being such variations as the Minister thinks equitable.
[23/2009 wef 31/12/2009]
(3) Where a Copyright Tribunal has made a report in relation to the royalty, or the minimum royalty, payable in respect of records included in a particular class of records (whether the report related only to records included in that class or also related to other records), the Minister charged with the responsibility for trade and industry shall not, before the expiration of 5 years after the report was made, request an inquiry under subsection (1) in relation to the royalty, or the minimum royalty, as the case may be, payable in respect of records included in that class.
[23/2009 wef 31/12/2009]
(4) In this section, “the relevant provision of this Act” means —
(a)
in relation to the royalty payable in respect of any
records — section 57(1) or, if that section is affected by regulations made for the purposes of this section, that section as so affected; and
records — section 57(1) or, if that section is affected by regulations made for the purposes of this section, that section as so affected; and
(b)
in relation to the minimum royalty payable in respect of any records — sections 57(3) and 58(b)(i) or, if those provisions are affected by regulations made for the purposes of this section, those provisions as so affected.