Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 135ZZA

             (1)  Subject to this section, where a remuneration notice is or has been in force, the relevant collecting society may, by notice in writing given to the administering body which gave the notice, request the body to pay to the society, within a reasonable time after the date of the notice, the amount of equitable remuneration specified in the notice, being an amount payable under section 135ZV, 135ZW or 135ZWA, as the case may be, for licensed copies or licensed communications made by, or on behalf of, the body while the remuneration notice is or was in force.

             (3)  If an amount specified in a request is not paid in accordance with the request, it may be recovered from the relevant administering body by the relevant collecting society in the Federal Court of Australia or in any other court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the society.

             (4)  Jurisdiction is conferred on the Federal Court of Australia with respect to actions under subsection (3).