Part 9Performers' rights
Performers’ moral rights: Right relating to derogatory treatment of performance
170GExceptions to right relating to derogatory treatment of performance
A performer’s rights are not infringed as referred to in section 170E in any of the following cases:
- in relation to any performance given for the purposes of reporting current events:
- where modifications have been made to a performance that are consistent with reasonable editorial or production practice:
- where any act is done for the purpose of avoiding the commission of an offence, or complying with a duty imposed by or under any enactment, if,—
- where the performer is identified at the time of the act, there is a clear and reasonably prominent indication, given at the time of the act and appearing with the identification, that the performance has been subjected to treatment to which the performer has not consented; or
- where the performer has previously been identified in relation to the performance, there is a clear and reasonably prominent indication, given at the time of the act, that the performance has been subjected to treatment to which the performer has not consented.
- where the performer is identified at the time of the act, there is a clear and reasonably prominent indication, given at the time of the act and appearing with the identification, that the performance has been subjected to treatment to which the performer has not consented; or
Notes
- Section 170G: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).


