Copyright Act

Marginal note:Establishment

• 66 (1) There is hereby established a Board, to be known as the Copyright Board, consisting of not more than five members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, to be appointed by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Service

  (2) The members of the Board shall be appointed to serve either full-time or part-time.

• Marginal note:Chairman

  (3) The chairman must be a judge, either sitting or retired, of a superior, county or district court.

• Marginal note:Tenure

  (4) Each member of the Board shall hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years, but may be removed at any time by the Governor in Council for cause.

• Marginal note:Re-appointment

  (5) A member of the Board is eligible to be re-appointed once only.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (6) A member of the Board shall not be employed in the Public Service within the meaning of the Public Service Staff Relations Act during the member’s term of office.

• Marginal note:Members deemed public service employees

  (7) A full-time member of the Board, other than the chairman, shall be deemed to be employed in

  • (a) the Public Service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act; and

  • (b) the public service of Canada for the purposes of any regulations made pursuant to section 9 of the Aeronautics Act.