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Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
No. 159, 2000
Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
No. 159, 2000
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................
Schedule 1—Moral rights of authors Copyright Act 1968
Schedule 2—Consequential amendments of the Copyright Act 1968
Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
No. 159, 2000
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968, and for related purposes
[Assented to 21 December 2000]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act, other than Schedule 2, commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 commences on or before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, Schedule 2 to this Act commences immediately after Schedule 1 to this Act commences.
(3) If subsection (2) does not apply, Schedule 2 to this Act commences when the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 commences.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Moral rights of authors
Copyright Act 1968
1A Subsection 55(2) Repeal the subsection.
1 Part IX Repeal the Part, substitute:
Part IX—Moral rights of authors of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works and cinematograph films
Division 1—Preliminary
189 Definitions
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
act of false attribution has the meaning given by subsection 195AC(2).
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