Status of the Artist Act

Certification Order

The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby grants to the

Editors' Association of Canada/ Association canadienne des réviseurs

a sector composed of professional freelance editors who are authors within the meaning of the Copyright Act and who are engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act to:

1. prepare original literary works in the form of compilations or collective works, or
2. prepare original literary works of joint authorship, where the editor's contribution constitutes the work of a joint author;

in either French or English, but excluding

1. authors covered by the certification granted to the Periodical Writers Association of Canada by the Tribunal on June 4, 1996,
2. authors covered by the certification granted to the Writers Guild of Canada by the Tribunal on June 25, 1996,
3. authors covered by the certification granted to the Société des auteurs, recherchistes, documentalistes et compositeurs (renamed the Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma) by the Tribunal on January 30, 1996,
4. authors covered by the certification granted to The Writers' Union of Canada by the Tribunal on November 17, 1998,
5. authors covered by the certification granted to the Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois by the Tribunal on February 2, 1996, and
6. authors covered by the certification granted to the Playwrights Union of Canada by the Tribunal on December 13, 1996.

Ottawa, September 27, 2001