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CMO may apply to Tribunal on behalf of rights owners

476.—(1) A CMO that manages the use of a work or protected performance on behalf of the rights owner may make an application to a Tribunal under this Act on behalf of the rights owner.

(2) A CMO may make a single application under subsection (1) on behalf of 2 or more rights owners.   

Interpretation of this Part

477. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“case”, in relation to a Tribunal, means a proceeding other than an inquiry;

“inquiry” means an inquiry under section 262(2);

“member”, in relation to a Tribunal, means the members of the Tribunal as constituted under section 486, or reconstituted under section 487, and includes the presiding member;

“officer”, in relation to the Tribunals, includes the secretary;

“order” includes an interim order;

“panel” means the panel constituted by section 480;

“party” includes a person making a representation to a Tribunal in an inquiry;

“president” means the president of the Tribunals appointed under section 480(1)(a);

“presiding member”, in relation to a Tribunal, means the presiding member of the Tribunal as constituted under section 486 or reconstituted under section 487;

“proceeding”, in relation to a Tribunal, includes an inquiry;

