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Copyright Act 1994

Performers' rights - Miscellaneous provisions - Application to foreign countries

204: Application of Part 9 to other entities

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"Rules for protecting performances can apply to other countries or groups"

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The Governor-General can apply some rules to other entities on the Minister's recommendation. You can think of entities as countries, parts of countries, or groups of countries. The Minister must be satisfied that the entity protects performances in a similar way before making this recommendation. If you want to know more about what this means for the rules, you can look at the Legislation Act 2019 to see how these rules are published. The Governor-General can make an order that applies these rules to an entity with or without conditions. The order can apply to a whole country, a part of a country, or a group of countries, and it can apply to all performances or just some types of performances.

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Part 9Performers' rights
Miscellaneous provisions: Application to foreign countries

204Application of Part 9 to other entities

  1. On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor-General may by Order in Council apply any provision or provisions of this Part to any entity specified in the order (whether a State, part of a State, a territory for whose international relations a State is responsible, a political union, an international organisation, or any other entity).

  2. An order—

  3. may apply a provision unconditionally, or subject to conditions, modifications, or both; and
    1. may apply a provision generally, or in relation to performances of a particular class or classes.

      1. The Minister must not recommend the making of an order applying any provision of this Part to any entity unless satisfied that—

      2. the entity is a convention country; or
        1. provision is or will be made under the law of or applicable to the entity giving reciprocal protection to performances generally or (as the case requires) performances of the class or classes to which the order applies that provision of this Part.

          1. If the Government of a State is responsible for the international relations of 1 or more territories, an order may apply a provision to—

          2. the State and the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned; or
            1. just the State; or
              1. just the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned.

                1. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                Notes
                • Section 204: substituted, on , by section 2(1) of the Copyright Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 124).
                • Section 204(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).