18Qualification by reference to author

1. A work qualifies for copyright if the author is, at the material time,—

2. a New Zealand citizen; or
3. an individual domiciled or resident in New Zealand; or
4. a body incorporated under the law of New Zealand.

5. A work qualifies for copyright if the author is, at the material time,—

6. a citizen or subject of a prescribed foreign country; or
7. an individual domiciled or resident in a prescribed foreign country; or
8. a body incorporated under the law of a prescribed foreign country.

9. Subject to subsection (4), a work of joint authorship qualifies for copyright if, at the material time, any of the authors satisfies the requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2).

10. Where a work of joint authorship qualifies for copyright under this section alone, only those authors who satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be taken into account for the purposes of the application, to that work, of the following provisions of this Act:

11. section 21 (which relates to the first ownership of copyright):
12. subsections (1) and (4) of section 22 (which relate to the duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works):
13. section 67 (which relates to acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of the author in relation to anonymous or pseudonymous works).