Copyright Act, 1963
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Copyright in Irish legal tender notes, consolidated bank notes and in Irish coins. |
57.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part II of this Act, the copyright in legal tender notes issued whether before or after the commencement of this section by the Central Bank of Ireland (in this section referred to as the Bank) or issued before such commencement by the Currency Commission shall be perpetual and shall belong to the Bank. | |
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part II of this Act, the copyright in consolidated bank notes issued before the commencement of this section by the Bank or by the Currency Commission shall be perpetual and shall belong to the Bank. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part II of this Act, the copyright in all coins to which this section applies and the copyright in the artistic work defining the design of any such coin shall be perpetual and shall belong to the Minister for Finance. | ||
(4) (a) In the application of subsection (1) of section 3 of this Act to any such legal tender note or consolidated bank note or any coin to which this section applies references in the subsection to a substantial part of a work or other subject-matter shall be construed as references to any part of a work or other subject-matter. | ||
(b) Sections 12 and 14 of this Act shall not apply in relation to the copyrights referred to in this section. | ||
(5) Coins to which this section applies and the artistic work defining the design of any such coin shall, for the purposes of section 172 of the Act of 1927, be deemed not to be designs. | ||
(6) This section applies to coins issued under the Coinage Act, 1926 , or under that Act as amended, gold coins issued under the Currency Act, 1927 , and coins issued under the Coinage Act, 1950 . |