No. 7 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (c) Appeals 1999 65 against the decisions of the competent authority shall be by the person applying for the authorisation or the representative of the interested community and shall be with the supervisory authority. ~, Competent authorities 2 9. (a) For the purposes of this Act, the expression Competent authority'' means The National Arts Council of Tanzania established under section 3 of the National Arts