Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1981 No. 148 COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2

2. After regulation 5 of the Copyright Regulations the following regulation is
inserted: Keeping of records and period for payment for making of
copies-sections 53B and 53D of the Act

"5A. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 53B (8) (a) or 53D (9) (a) of the Act,
a record of the copying of a work or part of a work may, instead of being kept
in writing, be kept in any manner that permits the information in the record
to be elicited by the use of a computer.

"(2) Subject to sub-regulation (3), for the purposes of paragraph 53B (8) (b)
or 53D (9) (b) of the Act, where a record of the copying of a work or a part
of a work is kept in writing, that record shall be kept in accordance with-

   (a)  in the case of the copying of the whole or a part of an article
        contained in a periodical publication-the form in Schedule 4 or
        Schedule 5, as the case requires; or

   (b)  in the case of the copying of the whole or a part of a work not being
        an article contained in a periodical publication-the form in Schedule
        6 or Schedule 7, as the case requires.



"(3) Strict compliance with the forms in Schedules 4, 5, 6 and 7 is not
necessary and substantial compliance is sufficient.

"(4) For the purposes of sub-section 53B (11) or 53D (10) of the Act, the
prescribed period is 3 years.".