Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to:
(a) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or edition that was first published in a country that is a post‑1969 UCC country; and
(b) a published sound recording or a published cinematograph film that was made or first published in a country that is a post‑1969 UCC country; and
(c) a published artistic work that is a building (or that is attached to, or forms part of, a building) situated in a post‑1969 UCC country; and
(d) a published work the author of which, an edition the publisher of which, or a published sound recording or a published cinematograph film the maker of which, was at a material time:
(i) a citizen or national of a country that is a post‑1969 UCC country; or
(ii) a person resident in, or a body corporate incorporated under the law of, a country that is a post‑1969 UCC country.
(2) Copyright that, under the Act, subsists in a work, edition, recording or film by reason of the operation of these Regulations does not subsist in a work, edition, recording or film mentioned in subregulation (1), if the work, edition, recording or film was first published before the day on which the country became a party to the Universal Copyright Convention.
(3) In this regulation:
post-1969 UCC country means a UCC country that became a party to
the Universal Copyright Convention after
(4) To the extent that this regulation is inconsistent with the Act, the application of the Act by these Regulations is modified.