Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COPYRIGHT (WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AMENDMENTS) ACT 1994 No. 149 of 1994 - SECT 6

6. Section 134A of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting:

"(1) Subject to subsection (2), at the trial of a proceeding, being:

   (a)  an action brought by virtue of this Part; or

   (b)  a prosecution for an offence against this Act; evidence that:

   (c)  at a particular time, copyright subsisted in the work or other
        subject-matter to which the proceeding relates; or

   (d)  at a particular time, copyright in that work or subject-matter was
        owned by, or exclusively licensed to, a particular person; or

   (e)  at a particular time, copyright in that work or subject-matter was not
        owned by, or exclusively licensed to, a particular person; or

   (f)  a particular act was done without the licence of the owner of the
        copyright, or of the exclusive licensee of the copyright, in that work
        or subject-matter; may be given by affidavit.";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (2) "cause" (wherever occurring) and
        substituting "proceeding".