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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  


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