Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Section 16 (1) of the Copyright Regulations describes the statutory declaration to be made in a "take down" request. Subsection (2) is similar but deals with digital performances.

Published in the Government Gazette on 2 December 1999, to come into operation on 15 December 1999.


16. (1) A statutory declaration referred to in section 193C (2) (b) of the Act shall, 
in addition to the matters referred to in section 193C (2) (b) (i) and (ii) 
of the Act, state the following information:

    (a) the name of the owner of the copyright in the material in respect of
    which an act which constitutes an infringement of the copyright is alleged
    to have been carried out in, or in the course of, making available the copy 
    of the material on the network concerned;

    (b) a detailed description of the material or the relevant part thereof;

    (c) the location of the material on the network; and
    
    (d) the steps that the maker of the declaration has taken to inform the 
    person who made available the copy of the material on the network to remove 
    the material from the network.
    
    (2) ...