Copyright Act 1994

122T Obligations of IPAPs

• (1) Every IPAP must retain, for a minimum of 40 days, information on the allocation of IP addresses to each account holder.

  (2) Every IPAP must retain, for a minimum of 12 months, the following information:

  • (a) any information about infringements that is sent by rights owners to the IPAP for the purpose of matching infringements to account holders:

  • (b) in relation to each of the IPAP's account holders,—

    • (i) any infringement notices issued to the account holder; and

    • (ii) any challenges to infringement notices and any responses to them; and

    • (iii) which infringement notices (if any) have been cancelled or have expired; and

    • (iv) any orders made under section 122P suspending an account holder's account.

  (3) No IPAP may release the name or contact details of an account holder to a rights owner unless—

  • (a) authorised to do so by the account holder; or

  • (b) required to do so by the Tribunal or a court.

  (4) On or before 31 December 2012, and annually thereafter, every IPAP must publish on its Internet site a report on its compliance with this section during the period starting on 1 October in the previous year and ending on 30 September in the year of the report.

  Section 122T: inserted, on 1 September 2011, by section 6 of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 11).