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Copyright Regulations 2017
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#### 31 Counter‑notice
(1) If a user receives a notice from a service provider under section 30, the user may give a counter‑notice to the designated representative of the service provider specified in the notice received by the user:
(a) disputing the grounds for removing, or disabling access to, the copyright material; and
(b) requesting the service provider to restore, or enable access to, the copyright material on the service provider’s system or network.
> Note: If the user does not give a counter‑notice to that designated representative, the service provider is not required to take any further action in relation to the copyright material.
(2) The counter‑notice must:
(a) be in accordance with the form set out in Part 5 of Schedule 2; and
(b) be given within 3 months after the user receives the notice under section 30.