• 4. (1) Any address required to be furnished pursuant to the Act or these Regulations shall be a complete mailing address and shall include the street name and number, where one exists, and the postal code.

• (2) Where the Commissioner has not been notified of a change of address, the Commissioner is not responsible for any correspondence not received by an author, legal representative, any person purporting to be the agent of an author or their legal representative, or by an assignor, assignee, licensor or licensee.

• 5. (1) An application for the registration of a copyright

  • (a) in a work, shall be made in accordance with section 55 of the Act, and deal with the registration of only one work; or

  • (b) in a performer’s performance, sound recording or communication signal, shall be made in accordance with section 56 of the Act, and deal with the registration of only one performer’s performance, sound recording or communication signal.

• (2) An application for the registration of a copyright referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by the fee set out in column 2 of item 1 of the schedule.

• 6. (1) A request for the registration of an assignment of copyright, or a licence granting an interest in a copyright, shall

  • (a) be in writing; and

  • (b) contain the following information:

    • (i) the names and addresses of the assignor and assignee or the licensor and licensee,

    • (ii) a description of the interest being granted by assignment or licence, and

    • (iii) the title of the work, performer’s performance, sound recording or communication signal, and, if available, the registration number of that work, performer’s performance, sound recording or communication signal.

• (2) A request for registration referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by

  • (a) the evidence required by paragraph 57(1)(a) of the Act; and

  • (b) the fee set out in column 2 of item 2 of the schedule.

7. Where the Commissioner determines that an application for registration of copyright, or a request for registration of an assignment of copyright, or a licence granting an interest in a copyright, is defective because it lacks any information or other item, the Commissioner shall notify the person applying for or requesting registration and that person shall have sixty days from the date of that notice to cure the defect. If the defect is not cured within that sixty day period, the Commissioner shall notify that person that the application or request has been rejected, in which case no further action may be taken for registration unless a fresh application or request is made and the applicable fee set out in the schedule for that fresh application or request is paid.

8. All applications for registration of copyright, requests for registration of an assignment of copyright or of a licence granting an interest in a copyright, and any correspondence to the Commissioner shall be legible and clear and, if in paper form, on white paper that measures at least 21 cm by 28 cm but not more than 22 cm by 35 cm, on one side only, with left and upper margins of at least 2.5 cm.