Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 22(2) (with Pt. III)
F2Word in Sch. 2A heading omitted (25.4.2013) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(1), Sch. 22 para. 3
6(1)A person who claims, in a case covered by a licensing scheme, that the operator of the scheme has refused to grant him or procure the grant to him of a licence in accordance with the scheme, or has failed to do so within a reasonable time after being asked, may apply to the Copyright Tribunal.U.K.
(2)A person who claims, in a case excluded from a licensing scheme, that the operator of the scheme either—
(a)has refused to grant him a licence or procure the grant to him of a licence, or has failed to do so within a reasonable time of being asked, and that in the circumstances it is unreasonable that a licence should not be granted, or
(b)proposes terms for a licence which are unreasonable,
may apply to the Copyright Tribunal.
(3)A case shall be regarded as excluded from a licensing scheme for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) if—
(a)the scheme provides for the grant of licences subject to terms excepting matters from the licence and the case falls within such an exception, or
(b)the case is so similar to those in which licences are granted under the scheme that it is unreasonable that it should not be dealt with in the same way.
(4)If the Tribunal is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall make an order declaring that, in respect of the matters specified in the order, the applicant is entitled to a licence on such terms as the Tribunal may determine to be applicable in accordance with the scheme or, as the case may be, to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5)The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the Tribunal may determine.]