CHAPTER 3
COPYRIGHT TRIBUNAL (ss 29-36)
29 Establishment of Copyright Tribunal
(1)
The judge or acting judge who is from time to time designated as Commissioner of
Patents in terms of section 8 of the Patents Act, 1978, shall also be the Copyright
Tribunal (in this Chapter referred to as the tribunal) for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
The tribunal may order that the costs or expenses of any proceeding before it incurred
by any party shall be paid by any other party, and may tax or settle the amount of any
costs or expenses to be paid under any such order or direct in what manner they are to
be taxed.
(3)
(a)
Regulations may be prescribed as to the procedure in connection with the
making of references and applications to the tribunal and for regulating
proceedings before the tribunal and as to the fees chargeable in respect of those
proceedings.
(b)
Any such regulations may in relation to proceedings before the tribunal apply
any of the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act 42 of 1965), or
alternatively, any of the provisions applicable in the court of the Commissioner
of Patents in terms of the Patents Act, 1978.
(c)
Any regulations may include provision for(i)
requiring notice of any intended application to the court under section 36
to be given to the tribunal and to the other parties to the proceedings;
(ii)
suspending or authorizing or requiring the tribunal to suspend the
operation of orders of the tribunal in cases where after giving its decision
an application under section 36 to any provincial division of the Supreme
Court is noted;
(iii)
modifying in relation to orders of the tribunal, of which the operation is
suspended, the operation of any provisions of this Chapter as to the effect
of orders made thereunder;
(iv)
the publication of notices or the taking of any other steps for ensuring
that persons affected by the suspension of an order of the tribunal will be
informed of its suspension;
(v)
regulating or prescribing any other matters incidental to or consequential
upon any request, application, order or decision under section 36.
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