Commission shall provide the applicant, in writing, the grounds for its
decision.
(9) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations a licence shall be valid for 3
(three) years and may be renewed every 2 years in accordance with
procedure herein stipulated.
3. Revocation of Licence
(1) The Commission may, on its own motion or on application by any
interested person revoke the licence of a Collective Management
Organisation where:
i. in the opinion of the Commission, the Collective Management
Organisation contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of the
Act, these Regulations, direction or order made or given to it under
these Regulation;
ii. the Collective Management Organisation no longer acts for or
represents the copyright owners of any class(es) of works in respect
of which licence was granted to it;
iii. the Collective Management Organisation failed to disclose material
facts that, if known at the time of considering its application for a
licence, would have constituted cause for refusal of the said
application; and
iv. the Commission becomes aware of facts unknown at the time of
considering the application for grant of licence, or of subsequent
occurrences which, if placed before the Commission, would have
constituted a ground for refusal of the application for grant of
licence.
v. On such other ground or grounds that it would be reasonably
justifiable to refuse application for grant of licence to operate as a
Collective Management
4. Renewal of Licence
(1) A society may at any time within 6 (six) months before the expiration of
its licence apply in the prescribed form to the Commission for the renewal
of the licence. Such application shall be accompanied by:
a. an up-to-date list of its members; and
b. the current repertoire administered by the Organisation
indicating the title of each work and right owner.
(2) Upon satisfying itself on the conduct of the Collective Management
Organisation the Commission may issue a licence for another period of 2
years on such terms as it deems fit.