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Copyright Act 1994

Performers' rights - Miscellaneous provisions - Remedies for infringement

196A: Proceedings against the Crown

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If you work for the Crown and you infringe a performer's rights, you can be taken to court. The court case happens under the Crown Proceedings Act 1950, but it also follows the rules of this Act. You can find more information about this in the Crown Proceedings Act 1950.

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Part 9Performers' rights
Miscellaneous provisions: Remedies for infringement

196AProceedings against the Crown

  1. If any employee or agent of the Crown infringes a performer’s rights in a performance, and the infringement is committed with the authority of the Crown, civil proceedings in respect of the infringement lie against the Crown under the Crown Proceedings Act 1950 (subject to this Act).

Notes
  • Section 196A: inserted, on , by section 33 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).