The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Collective Management Organisations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Collective Management Organisations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024, and shall be read as one with the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations, 2023 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Regulations”. Amendment of regulation 3

2. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 3 by deleting subregulation (2) and substituting for it the following- “(2) Subject to the conditions specified in section 52C of the Act, an organisation shall not be eligible to apply for a license unless the Board and management of the organisation consists of persons who are citizens of Tanzania and ordinarily resident in Tanzania.”. Amendment

3. The principal Regulations are amended in 1 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Royalty Collection and Distribution) (Collective Management Organisations) (Amendment) Regulations GN. No. 162 (Contd) of regulation 16 Amendment of regulation 27 regulation 16 by deleting subregulation (4).

4. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 27, by- (a) deleting subregulation (3) and substituting for it the following: “(3) Where the Office has reasons to believe that a collective management organisation is in breach of the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2), the Office shall to the organisation requiring notify provide a defence against the alleged breach within thirty days. it (4) Subject to subregulation (3), where the Office determines that- (a) a (b) the collective management organisation is in breach of the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2) without justifiable reasons; or collective management the organisation has within required period for which a issued, notice was to provide defence without a justifiable cause, failed the collective management organisation and its officers shall be liable to a written caution and be required to rectify the breach within a specified time.”; and (b) renumbering subregulation (4) as subregulation (5). Dodoma, 28th February, 2024 PINDI H. CHANA, Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports 2