Section 4
Section 13 of the principal Act is amended—
of Copyright (Amendment) Act 2022
(a)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (gggg), by deleting the words
“visually or”;
(ii)
by inserting after paragraph (gggg) the following paragraph:
“(ggggg) the making and issuing of copies of any work into an accessible format copy on such terms as the Minister may determine, by—
(i)
an authorized entity; or
(ii)
a person with print disability or any other person acting on his behalf including his caregiver;”;
(iii)
in paragraph (p), by deleting the word “and”
at the end of the paragraph;
(iv)
in paragraph (q), by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph a semi colon; and
(v)
by inserting after paragraph (q) the following paragraphs:
“(r) the importation for the purpose of distribution or making available of copies of any work in an accessible format copy by an authorized entity, the person with print disability himself or any other person acting on his behalf including his caregiver, and on such terms as the
Minister may determine; and
(s)
the exportation for the purpose of distribution or making available of copies of any work in an accessible format copy by an authorized entity to a member of the Marrakesh Treaty and on such terms as the Minister may determine.”; and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (2a) the following subsections:
“(2b) For the purpose of paragraph 2(s),
“Marrakesh Treaty” means the Marrakesh Treaty to
Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons
Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print
Disabled done in Marrakesh on 27 June 2013.
(2c)
For the purpose of paragraphs (2)(ggggg),
(r)
and (s), the Minister may by order prescribe any non-profit making body or institution which provides education, instructional training, adaptive reading or information access to a person with print disability to be an authorized entity.”.