Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 154 of 1980 - SECT 11

11. Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) "a library or other
place" and substituting " the collection of a library or archives";

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) "that library or other
place" and substituting " that collection";

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) "private";

   (d)  by omitting paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) and substituting the
        following paragraph:



"(d) by the making of a copy of the work by, or on behalf of, the officer in
charge of that library or archives if the copy is supplied to a person who
satisfies the officer in charge of that library or archives that he requires
the copy for the purpose of research or study or with a view to publication
and that he will not use it for any other purpose."; and

   (e)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(2) Where a manuscript, or a copy, of a thesis or other similar literary work
that has not been published is kept in a library of a university or other
similar institution or in an archives, the copyright in the thesis or other
work is not infringed by the making of a copy of the thesis or other work by
or on behalf of the officer in charge of the library or archives if the copy
is supplied to a person who satisfies an authorized officer of the library or
archives that he requires the copy for the purpose of research or study.".