RESALE ROYALTY RIGHT FOR VISUAL ARTISTS ACT 2009 (NO. 125, 2009)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Definitions  
• 4 Act binds the Crown  
• 5 External Territories  

PART 2--RESALE ROYALTY RIGHT

Division 1--When does resale royalty right arise

• 6 Resale royalty right  
• 7 What is an artwork?  
• 8 What is commercial resale of an artwork?  
• 9 No resale royalty right on certain works  
• 10 No resale royalty right unless consideration above threshold  
• 11 Resale royalty right on artworks in existence when Act commences  

Division 2--Who holds resale royalty right

• 12 Who holds resale royalty right?  
• 13 Meaning of identified  
• 14 Residency test  
• 15 Succession test  
• 16 Share of resale royalty right where there is more than one artist  
• 17 Presumptions in relation to artist  

Division 3--Rate of resale royalty

• 18 Rate of resale royalty  

Division 4--Liability to pay resale royalty

• 19 Resale royalty a debt due to holders of resale royalty right  
• 20 Liability to pay resale royalty  
• 21 When does the liability to pay resale royalty arise?  

Division 5--Collecting resale royalty

• 22 Collecting society to publish notice of the commercial resale of an artwork on its website  
• 23 Collection of resale royalty by the collecting society  
• 24 Presumptions to be made in enforcement proceedings brought by the collecting society  
• 25 Resale royalty right under this Act only enforceable in Australian jurisdiction  
• 26 If resale royalty is paid to the collecting society  
• 27 Notice of resale royalty right  
• 28 Notice of commercial resale  
• 29 Requesting information about the commercial resale of an artwork  
• 30 Recovery of amount wrongly paid by the collecting society  
• 31 Return of unclaimed resale royalty  

Division 6--Other characteristics of resale royalty right

• 32 Duration of resale royalty right  
• 33 Resale royalty right absolutely inalienable  
• 34 Waiver etc.  

PART 3--THE COLLECTING SOCIETY

• 35 Appointment of the collecting society  
• 36 Revocation of appointment  
• 37 Annual report and accounts  
• 38 Amendment of rules  

PART 4--CIVIL PENALTIES

Division 1--Obtaining an order for a civil penalty

• 39 Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision  
• 40 What is a civil penalty provision?  
• 41 Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence  
• 42 Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision  
• 43 Recovery of a pecuniary penalty  

Division 2--Civil penalty proceedings and criminal proceedings

• 44 Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings  
• 45 Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings  
• 46 Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings  
• 47 Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings  

PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

• 48 Offence--unauthorised dealing with information  
• 49 Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  
• 50 Jurisdiction of Federal Court  
• 51 Jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court  
• 52 Additional effect of Act  
• 53 Regulations