On 22/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 28/03/2013.
140E.
—(1) As soon as is practicable after copies are seized under section 140B(7), the Director-General shall give to the importer and the objector, either personally or by post, a written notice identifying the copies and stating that the identified copies have been seized.
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(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall state that the copies will be released to the importer unless —
(a)
an action for infringement of copyright in respect of the copies is instituted by the objector within a specified period from the day specified in the notice; and
(b)
the objector gives written notice to the Director-General within that period stating that the action for infringement of copyright has been instituted.
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(3) The period to be specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) is the period prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph.
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(4) The day specified for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) shall not be earlier than the day on which the notice is given.
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(5) The objector may, by written notice given to the Director-General before the end of the period specified in a notice for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) (the retention period), request that the period be extended.
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(6) Subject to subsection (7), if —
(a)
a request is made in accordance with subsection (5); and
(b)
the Director-General is satisfied that it is reasonable that the request be granted,
the Director-General may extend the retention period by such period as is prescribed.
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(7) A decision on a request made in accordance with subsection (5) shall be made within 2 working days after the request is made, but such a decision cannot be made after the end of the retention period to which the request relates.
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