Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

COPYRIGHT (INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION) REGULATIONS 1969 - REG 9

         (1)    This regulation applies to a work that was made before 1 July 1912 if:

                (a)     the work was first published or performed in a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country; or

               (b)     the author of the work was, at a material time, a citizen or national of, or resident in, a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country.

         (2)    Division 5 of Part XI of the Act applies to the work as if:

                (a)     for the purpose of determining whether a right ( existing right ) subsisted immediately before the commencement of the Copyright Act, 1911:

                          (i)     the work was first published or performed in Australia ; or

                         (ii)     the author of the work was, at a material time, an Australian citizen or resident in Australia ; and

               (b)     any right that, by virtue of section 24 of the Copyright Act, 1911, would have been conferred in place of any existing right were a right conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911.