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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
Houses of the Oireachtas: supplementary provisions with regard to copyright.
195.—For the purposes of holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright, and in connection with all legal proceedings relating to copyright, each of the Houses of the Oireachtas shall be deemed to have, and to have had, the legal capacities of a body corporate, which is not affected by a dissolution of either or both of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Functions under section may be performed by Houses of the Oireachtas Commission as provided by Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 (28/2003), s. 4(9), (10), as inserted (1.01.2016) by Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2015 (53/2015), s. 2(b), commenced as per s. 10(3).
Functions of Commission.
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[(9) For the purposes specified in section 195 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, the Commission may, on behalf of either House of the Oireachtas or both Houses of the Oireachtas, perform any function that, by virtue of that section, either such House or both such Houses may perform.
(10) The functions that are performable by the Commission in accordance with subsection (9) shall be performable on behalf of the Commission by the Secretary General of the Service unless the Commission otherwise directs.]