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Copyright Act 1994

Remedies for infringement - Infringing file sharing

122S: Application of section 122C to cellular mobile networks

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"Rules for internet services on mobile networks are a bit different"

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If you provide internet services through a cellular mobile network, you do not have to follow certain rules in section 122C(1). The Governor-General can make changes to this rule if recommended by the Minister. You can find out more about how these changes are published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Infringing file sharing

122SApplication of section 122C to cellular mobile networks

  1. An IPAP need not comply with either of the obligations in section 122C(1) in respect of the services it provides by way of a cellular mobile network.

  2. Repealed

  3. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, do all or any of the following:

  4. repeal this section:
    1. repeal subsection (2):
      1. amend subsection (2) by replacing the date specified in that subsection with any other date, whether that date is earlier or later than the one it replaces:
        1. revoke or amend any Order in Council made under this section (the principal order), but only if the repeal, amendment, or revocation effected by the principal order has not taken effect.

          1. The powers in subsection (3) may be exercised more than once.

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

          Notes
          • Section 122S: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 11).
          • Section 122S(2): repealed, on , by clause 3 of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015 (LI 2015/208).
          • Section 122S(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).