Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 154 of 1980 - SECT 25

25. Before section 196 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Part X: Interpretation

"195A. (1) In this Part, 'officer in charge' means-

   (a)  in relation to archives-the person holding, or performing the duties
        of, the office or position in the service of the body administering
        the archives the duties of which involve that person having direct
        responsibility for the maintenance of, and the provision of services
        in relation to, the collection comprising the archives;

   (b)  in relation to a central records authority-the person holding, or
        performing the duties of, the office in the service of the body
        administering the authority the duties of which involve that person
        having direct responsibility for the maintenance of, and the provision
        of services in relation to, the records deposited with the authority;
        and

   (c)  in relation to a library-the officer holding, or performing the duties
        of, the office or position in the service of the body administering
        the library the duties of which involve that person having direct
        responsibility for the maintenance of, and the provision of services
        in relation to, the collection comprising the library.



"(2) In this Part, a reference to the prescribed retention period after the
making of a copy of the whole or a part of a work that was made in reliance on
section 49, 50, 51A, 53B or 53D shall be read as a reference to such period as
is declared by the regulations to be the prescribed retention period for the
purposes of this Part.".