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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works

69: Authorised entity types

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"Who can make accessible copies for people with print disabilities?"

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You can undertake certain activities if you are an educational establishment, an educational resource supplier, a prescribed library, or a charitable entity. You must have a purpose consistent with making accessible format copies available to people who have a print disability if you are a charitable entity. You need to give notice to the Ministry before you start these activities for the first time, as set out in section 69A.

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Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works
Literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works

69Authorised entity types

  1. An entity that is 1 or more of the following may undertake the activities set out in section 69A:

  2. an educational establishment:
    1. an educational resource supplier:
      1. a prescribed library within the meaning given in section 50(1):
        1. a charitable entity that has a purpose consistent with making accessible format copies available to persons who have a print disability.

          1. Before beginning activities under section 69A for the first time, an authorised entity must give notice to the Ministry that it intends to do so.

          Notes
          • Section 69: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 43).