Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

Definition of qualifying person.

287

287.—In this Part, and in Part IV—

“qualifying country” means—

(a) Ireland,

(b) another Member State of the EEA, F151[…]

(c) to the extent that an order under section 289 so provides, a country designated under that F152[section, or]

F153[(d) any country, territory, state or area that is a contracting party to—

(i) the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted by the Diplomatic Conference at Geneva on December 20, 1996, or

(ii) the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, done at Rome on October 26, 1961;]

“qualifying individual” means a citizen or subject of, or an individual domiciled or ordinarily resident in, a qualifying country; and

“qualifying person” means an Irish citizen, or an individual domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State.

Annotations

Amendments:

F151

Deleted (29.04.2026) by Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2026 (4/2026), s. 4(a), S.I. No. 167 of 2026, in operation as per art. 2.

F152

Substituted (29.04.2026) by Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2026 (4/2026), s. 4(b), S.I. No. 167 of 2026, in operation as per art. 2.

F153

Inserted (29.04.2026) by Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2026 (4/2026), s. 4(c), S.I. No. 167 of 2026, in operation as per art. 2.