- COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 80, 1983
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - SECT. 1.
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - SECT. 2.
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - SECT. 3.
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - SECT. 4.
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - SECT. 5.
- Copyright Amendment Act 1983 No. 80 of 1983 - NOTE
COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 80, 1983
Short title.
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968
(Assented to 3 November 1983)
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright Amendment Act 1983.
(2) The Copyright Act 1968*1* is in this Act referred to as the Principal
Act.
2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
Proclamation.
3. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (5) ''are delivered, with the
consent of the National Librarian, to the National Library'' and substituting
''are delivered, with the consent of the Director-General of the Australian
Archives, to the Australian Archives''; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
''(6) The Director-General of the Australian Archives shall not
consent to the delivery to the Australian Archives in accordance with
sub-section (5) of a record embodying a recording or of a copy of a film
unless he has certified that the recording or film is of an exceptional
documentary character.''.
4. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (5) ''are delivered, with the
consent of the National Librarian, to the National Library'' and substituting
''are delivered, with the consent of the Director-General of the Australian
Archives, to the Australian Archives''; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
''(6) The Director-General of the Australian Archives shall not
consent to the delivery to the Australian Archives in accordance with
sub-section (5) of a copy of a film unless he has certified that the film is
of an exceptional documentary character.''.
5. Section 107 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (5) ''are delivered, with the
consent of the National Librarian, to the National Library'' and substituting
''are delivered, with the consent of the Director-General of the Australian
Archives, to the Australian Archives''; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
''(6) The Director-General of the Australian Archives shall not
consent to the delivery to the Australian Archives in accordance with
sub-section (5) of a copy of a sound recording unless he has certified that
the recording is of an exceptional documentary character.''.
NOTE
1. No. 63, 1968, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 216, 1973 (as
amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 91, 1976; No. 160, 1977; No. 19, 1979; No. 154,
1980; Nos. 42, 61 and 113, 1981; and Nos. 26, 80 and 154, 1982.
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