COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION III
Section 40C
2-94
Cap. 528
(1) If—
(a) a specified body possesses a copy of the whole or part
of a commercial publication of a literary, dramatic,
musical or artistic work (referred to in this section as
“master copy”); and
(b) the master copy is not accessible to persons with a print
disability,
it is not an infringement of copyright in the work or, in the
case of a published edition, in the typographical arrangement,
for the specified body to make for those persons or supply to
those persons accessible copies of the master copy for their
personal use.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—
(a) if the master copy is an infringing copy;
(b) if the master copy is of a musical work or part of a
musical work, and the making of an accessible copy
would involve recording a performance of the work or
part of the work; or
(c) if the master copy is of a dramatic work or part of a
dramatic work, and the making of an accessible copy
would involve recording a performance of the work or
part of the work.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply unless, at the time when the
accessible copies are made, the specified body is satisfied,
after making reasonable enquiries, that copies of the relevant
copyright work in a form that is accessible to a person with a
print disability cannot be obtained at a reasonable commercial
price.
(4) The specified body must—
Last updated date
3.3.2014