Section 3
Section 3 of the principal Act is amended—
of Copyright (Amendment) Act 2022
(a)
by deleting the definition of “licensing body”;
(b)
by inserting after the definition of “author” the following definition:
‘ “authorized entity” means an entity prescribed by the Minister under subsection 13(2c);’;
(c)
by inserting after the definition of “performers’ right”
the following definition:
‘ “person with print disability” means a person who is registered as a person with disability under the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 [Act 685]
who is—
(a)
blind;
(b)
visually impaired or has a perceptual or reading disability which cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person without such impairment or disability, and due to such impairment or disability is unable to read printed works to substantially the same degree as a person without such impairment or disability; or
(c)
unable to hold or manipulate a book or to focus or move the eyes, to the extent that would be normally acceptable to read due to physical disability;’;
(d)
by inserting after the definition of “citizen” the following definition:
‘ “collective management organization” means a body corporate which is declared as a collective management organization under section 27a;’; and
Copyright (Amendment)
(e)
by inserting before the definition of “adaptation”
the following definition:
‘ “accessible format copy” means a copy of a work in an alternative manner or form which gives a person with print disability access to the work including to permit the person with print disability to have access as feasibly and comfortably as a person without such disability for his exclusive use;’.
Amendment of section 13