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of [his] any right which he may have had to obtain a reasonable remuneration, which shall in default of agreement be determined by arbitration.”.

5. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 45: “Regulation and control of the reproduction or adaptation of artistic works. 45A. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act contained, the Minister may make such regulations as he may consider necessary in regard to the reproduction or adaptation, or the making available to the public of reproductions or adaptations, of any artistic work.

(2) Such regulations may empower any person specified therein to authorize the reproduction or adaptation, or the making available to the public of reproductions or adaptations, of any artistic work on such conditions as may be specified in those regulations.

(3) The reproduction or adaptation, or the making available to the public of reproductions or adaptations, of any artistic work in pursuance of authority granted in terms of such regulations shall not constitute an infringement of copyright in such work, but the copyright owner shall not thereby be deprived of any right which he may have had to obtain a reasonable remuneration, which shall in default of agreement be determined by arbitration. ”.

6. (1) This Act shall be called the Copyright Amendment Act, 1983, and shall come into operation on a date fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette.

(2) Different dates may be fixed under subsection (1) in respect of different provisions of this Act.