Broadcasting Act, 2001

Holders of contracts to record programme material.

26.—(1) A person who is a holder of a contract entered into under the Act of 1988 or this Act shall, for the purposes of section 24 , record every item of programme material supplied by him or her under the contract in such manner as stands approved of by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission for the purposes of this section.

(2) A recording made by a person under this section shall be retained by that person for such period as stands determined by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission for the purposes of this section, and when a complaint is being investigated by the Commission under section 24 , the recording of the broadcast to which the complaint relates, together with the recording, made and being retained pursuant to this section, of any other broadcast which in the opinion of the Commission is relevant to that broadcast, shall be supplied by the person to the Commission on a request made by the Commission at any time during such period.

(3) The making or retaining of a recording in compliance with this section shall not constitute a contravention of any provision of Part III of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 , or an infringement of copyright, and nothing contained in the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 , shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the making of such a recording.