Copyright Regulations (SOR/97-457)

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Copyright Regulations

SOR/97-457

COPYRIGHT ACT

Registration 1997-10-01

Copyright Regulations

P.C. 1997-1422  1997-10-01

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Industry and the Treasury Board, pursuant to sections 59Footnote a and 62Footnote b of the Copyright Act, hereby makes the annexed Copyright Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

1. The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.

“Act”

“Act” means the Copyright Act. (Loi)

“Commissioner”

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Patents. (commissaire)

CORRESPONDENCE

  • 2. (1) All correspondence intended for the Commissioner shall be addressed to the Copyright Office.

  • (2) Correspondence addressed to the Copyright Office may be physically delivered to the Office during ordinary business hours of the Office and shall be considered to be received by the Office on the day of the delivery.

  • (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), where correspondence addressed to the Copyright Office is physically delivered to the Office outside of its ordinary business hours, it shall be considered to have been delivered to the Office during ordinary business hours on the day when the Office is next open for business.

  • (4) Correspondence addressed to the Copyright Office may be physically delivered to an establishment that is designated by the Commissioner in the Canadian Patent Office Record as an establishment to which correspondence addressed to the Office may be delivered, during ordinary business hours of that establishment, and

    • (a) where the delivery is made to the establishment on a day that the Office is open for business, the correspondence shall be considered to be received by the Office on that day; and

    • (b) where the delivery is made to the establishment on a day that the Office is closed for business, the correspondence shall be considered to be received by the Office on the day when the Office is next open for business.

  • (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), where correspondence addressed to the Copyright Office is physically delivered to an establishment outside of ordinary business hours of the establishment, it shall be considered to have been delivered to that establishment during ordinary business hours on the day when the establishment is next open for business.

  • (6) Correspondence addressed to the Copyright Office may be sent at any time by electronic or other means of transmission specified in the Canadian Patent Office Record.

  • (7) For the purposes of subsection (6), where, according to the local time of the place where the Copyright Office is located, the correspondence is delivered on a day when the Office is open for business, it shall be considered to be received by the Office on that day.

  • (8) For the purposes of subsection (6), where, according to the local time of the place where the Copyright Office is located, the correspondence is delivered on a day when the Office is closed for business, it shall be considered to be received by the Office on the day when the Office is next open for business.

  • SOR/2003-211, s. 1.

  • 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided by the Act or these Regulations, communication in respect of a copyright shall be in writing, but the Commissioner may also accept oral communications.

  • (2) The Commissioner may request that an oral communication be confirmed in writing.

  • SOR/2003-211, s. 2.