Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2026

Amendment of section 287 of Principal Act

4. Section 287 of the Principal Act is amended, in the definition of “qualifying country”—

(a) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “or”,

(b) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “section, or” for “section;”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) any country, territory, state or area that is a contracting party to—

(i) the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted by the Diplomatic Conference at Geneva on December 20, 1996, or

(ii) the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, done at Rome on October 26, 1961;”.