Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01649) - REG 99

             (1)  An application to the Tribunal by a person seeking to be made a party to a Tribunal proceeding must:

                     (a)  state the date when the Tribunal proceeding was started and the relevant file number for the proceeding; and

                     (b)  state the interest of the person:

                              (i)  if the Tribunal proceeding is a reference under section 113V, 135ZZT or 135ZZZO, or an application under section 153F, of the Act--in the question whether the applicant should be declared to be a collecting society; and

                             (ii)  if the Tribunal proceeding is a reference under section 113X, 135ZZU or 135ZZZP, or an application under section 153G, of the Act--in the question whether the declaration of the collecting society should be revoked; and

                            (iii)  if the Tribunal proceeding is an application under section 113ZB, 135ZZWA, 135ZZZS or 183F of the Act--in the arrangement; and

                            (iv)  if the Tribunal proceeding is an application under section 152 of the Act--in the matter applied for; and

                             (v)  if the Tribunal proceeding is a reference under section 154 of the Act--in the operation of the scheme that is referred; and

                            (vi)  if the Tribunal proceeding is a reference under section 155 or 156, or an application under section 157, of the Act--in the matter in dispute; and

                           (vii)  if the Tribunal proceeding is an application for leave of the Tribunal under subsection 156(2) of the Act to refer a licence scheme to the Tribunal--in the operation of the scheme so far as it relates to the class of cases specified in the application; and

                          (viii)  if the Tribunal proceeding is a reference or application under Subdivision H of Division 3 of Part VI of the Act and the person is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission--in the matter that is referred or applied for; and

                     (c)  request the Tribunal to make the person a party to the Tribunal proceeding.

             (2)  The application must be dealt with at the preliminary hearing (if any) or the hearing of the Tribunal proceeding.

             (3)  The Tribunal must give each of the following an opportunity to make a presentation on whether the applicant should be made a party to the Tribunal proceeding:

                     (a)  the applicant;

                     (b)  every party to the Tribunal proceeding;

                     (c)  every other person who has applied to be made a party to the Tribunal proceeding and whose application has not been determined.