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COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 228
EXPLANATORY STATEMENTSTATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 228
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Justice
Copyright Act 1968
Copyright Regulations (Amendment)
Section 249 of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters that are required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed. Subparagraph 91(c)(iii) of the Act provides that copyright subsists in a sound broadcast made from a place in Australia by any prescribed person who is, at the time when the broadcast is made, authorised under a licence issued under the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Soundcom Pty Ltd is authorised under an appropriate licence. It has sought to be prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph 91 (c)(iii). The main effect of the prescription is that copyright will subsist in any broadcast made by the licensee.
Regulations have accordingly been made, prescribing Soundcom Pty Ltd for the purposes of subparagraph 91 (c)(iii) of the Copyright Act 1968.
The regulations commenced on gazettal.