S.I. No. 463 of 2002 
Copyright and Related Rights (Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies) 
Regulations, 2002  
I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the 
power conferred on me by section 175(1), (3),  (4), (5) and (7) of the Copyright and 
Related Rights Act 2000 ( No. 28 of 2000 ) and, in  so far as these Regulations relate to 
fees, with the consent of the Minister  for Finance, hereby make the following 
Regulations: 
1.        These Regulations may be cited as  the Copyright and Relate d Rights (Register of 
Copyright Licensing Bodies) Regulations 2002. 2.        (1)      In these Regulations — 
“the Act of 2000” means the Copyright a nd Related Rights Act 2000 ( No. 28 of 2000 ); 
“the Register” means the Register of Copyr ight Licensing Bodies as provided for in 
section 175(1) of the Act of 2000; 
“the Controller” means the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks; 
“the Office” means the place designated by th e Minister for Enterprise, Trade and 
Employment for the purposes of section 97 of the Patents Act 1992 ( No. 1 of 1992 ); “licensing body” means a body within the meani ng specified in secti on 38 or section 149 
of the Act of 2000; “ring-binder” means a loose-leaf binder with  ring-shaped clasps th at can be opened to 
pass through holes in the documen ts to be contained therein. 
(2)      In these Regulations — 
(a)      a reference to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it 
appears that reference to some  other provision is intended; 
(b)      a reference to a paragraph or subparagraph is to the paragraph or 
subparagraph of the provision in whic h the reference occurs, unless it 
appears that reference to so me other provision is intended. 
3.         (1)      The Controller shall establish and maintain a Register of Copyright 
Licensing Bodies in the form of a series of ring-binders associated  with each other by 
means of an index. 
(2)      An entry in the Register shall consist of — (a)      a copy of the certificate of  registration issued to the registered 
licensing body concerned in accordan ce with section 175(8) of the 
Act of 2000, and 
(b)      the documents containing in formation specified in the Schedule to 
these Regulations, and supplied to th e Controller in accordance with 
Regulation 6. 
(3)      Each entry in the Register sh all be held in a ring- binder (or, where the 
extent of the entry so requires, in a series of ring-binders). 
(4)      The Register shall contain up to date information and the Controller may 
remove from time to time material that is of historic value or is surplus to requirements. 
4.         The Register shall be kept at the Office and shall, on payment of a fee of €5, be 
open to inspection to a member of the public during the hours that the Office is open to 
the public. 5.                   (a)      The Contro ller shall, on receipt of a re quest and on payment of a fee 
of €0.30 per page to be copied, supply an uncertified reprographic copy of 
any entry in the Register, or of  any part of such an entry. 
(b)      The Controller shall, on rece ipt of a request and on payment of a fee 
of €10 in addition to a fee of €0.30 per page to be copied, supply a 
reprographic copy of any entry in the Regi ster, or any part of such an entry, 
certified by the Controller to be  a true copy of the original. 
6.         (1)      An application for regi stration shall be made to the Controller in writing 
and shall be accompanied by documents containi ng the particulars specified from (a) to 
(g) in the case of all applicants and (a) to (h ) in the case of applicants within the meaning 
of section 38 of the Act of 2000 in  the Schedule to these Regulations. 
(2)      An application for registrati on and the particulars supplied in accordance 
with paragraph (1) from (a) to (g) in the case of  all applicants and (a) to (h) in the case of 
applicants within the meaning of section 38 of  the Act of 2000 shall be set out in separate 
documents, and shall be in printed or typed fo rm, or in the form of reprographic copies 
capable of reproduction by reprographic means. 
(3)      An application for registrati on shall be accompanied by a fee of €50 in 
respect of each application. 
7.         (1)      An application for renewal of a registration shall be made in writing to the 
Controller at intervals not greater than 12 months, in accordance with section 178 of the 
Act of 2000. (2)      Regulation 6 shall apply to any re newal of a registration as if it were a first 
application for registration. 
(3)      An application for renewal of a registration shall be accompanied by a fee 
of €50 in respect of each application for renewal. 
8.         (1)      An application for revision of information placed on the Register may be 
made in writing to the Controller from time to time in accordance with section 175(6) of the Act of 2000. 
(2)      An application for revision of information placed on the Register shall be 
accompanied by the revised information which shall be set out in a separate document or documents, and designated (a) to  (h) as the case may be. 
(3)      The Controller shall replace the relevant documen t on the Register with the 
document containing the revised information. 
(4)      An application for revision of information shall be accompanied by a fee of 
€20 in respect of each application. 
9.         The placing of documents specifi ed in the Schedule to these Regulations on a 
ring-binder in accordance with these Regulations  shall be deemed to constitute an act of 
registration for the purposes of these Regulations. 
SCHEDULE 
Regulation 6 
Particulars to be supplied by a body applying for registration as c opyright licensing body. 
In the case of all applicants  - 
(a)       the name of the applicant; 
(b)       the address of th e applicant (or registered address where this is required by 
statute); 
(c)        the names of th e chairperson and other members of the board or officers, or 
names of partners as the cas e may be, of the applicant; 
(d)       a copy of the memorandum and articles of association, or partnership agreement 
as the case may be, of the applicant, where applicable; 
(e)        details of the nature and, wher e appropriate, titles of the licensing schemes 
managed, or to be managed, by the applicant; 
(f)        details of the scales of charges or proposed charges to be levied by the applicant; (g)        the class or cla sses of rightsowners represented or  proposed to be represented by 
the applicant, and 
In the case of applicants within the meani ng of section 38 of the Act of 2000 only  - 
(h)        the name or names of the rights holder or rightsholders in  respect of whom the 
licensing body concerned claims entitlement to receive payments under section 38 
of the Act of 2000. 
 GIVEN under my Official Seal
 This 20th day of September, 2002
 MARY HARNEY
 Minister for Enterpri se, Trade and Employment
The Minister for Finance has sanctioned th e fees prescribed in these Regulations.
 GIVEN under my Official Seal
 This 20th day of September, 2002
 CHARLIE McCREEVY Minister for Finance
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
[This Note is not part of the Instrume nt and is not a legal interpretation] 
These Regulations prescribe certain matters  concerning the form and manner of the 
Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies to be  established under the provisions of Chapter 
17 of the Copyright and Relate d Rights Act, 2000 , as provided for by section 175(1) of 
that Act. 
Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin