Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation)
Amendment Act 2019
Public Act  2019 No 43
Date of assent  12 August 2019
Commencement  see section 2
Contents
Page
1 Title 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Principal Act 2
Part 1
Amendments to principal Act
4 Section 2 amended (Interpretation) 2
5 Section 69 replaced (Provision of Braille copies of literary or
dramatic works)3
69 Authorised entity types 3
69A Accessible format copy activities by authorised entity 3
69B Accessible format copy activities by person who is not
authorised entity4
69C Duties of authorised entity in regard to records and fees 5
69D Ministry must publish list of authorised entities on
Internet site5
6 Section 93 amended (Subsequent dealings with copies made under
this Part)5
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.Reprint
as at 4 January 2020
17 Section 234 amended (Regulations) 5
8 New Part 3 of Schedule 1 inserted 5
Part 2
Consequential amendment to Copyright (General Matters)
Regulations 1995
9 Consequential amendment to Copyright (General Matters)
Regulations 19956
10 Regulation 5 revoked (Prescribed bodies for purposes of section 69
of Act)6
Schedule
New Part 3 of Schedule 1 inserted7
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
 
1 Title
This Act is the Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation) Amendment Act
2019.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by
Order in Council.
(2) That date must be the date on which the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access
to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Other-
wise Print Disabled, done at Marrakesh on 27 June 2013, enters into force for
New Zealand.
Section 2: this Act brought into force, on 4 January 2020, by clause 2 of the Copyright (Marrakesh
Treaty Implementation) Amendment Act 2019 Commencement Order 2019 (LI 2019/276).
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Copyright Act 1994 (the principal Act ).
Part 1
Amendments to principal Act
4 Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
In section 2(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
accessible format copy  means a copy of a published literary, dramatic, musi-
cal, or artistic work, or a part of the work, in an alternative manner or form that
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2authorised entity  means —
(a) an entity of a type set out in section 69(1); and
(b) in relation to the import into and export from New Zealand of accessible
format copies, includes an entity authorised or recognised by the govern-
ment of the relevant Marrakesh Treaty country as an authorised entity
for the purposes of the Treaty
charitable entity  has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Charities Act
2005
Marrakesh Treaty country  means a Contracting Party to the Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,
Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, done at Marrakesh on 27 June
2013
print disability , in relation to a person, —
(a) means an impairment that prevents the person from enjoying a printed
copyright work to the same degree as a person who does not have that
impairment; but
(b) excludes an impairment of visual function that can be improved, by the
use of corrective lenses, to a level that is normally acceptable for reading
without a special level or kind of light
5 Section 69 replaced (Provision of Braille copies of literary or dramatic
works)
Replace section 69 with:
69 Authorised entity types
(1) An entity that is 1 or more of the following may undertake the activities set out
in section 69A:
(a) an educational establishment:
(b) an educational resource supplier:
(c) a prescribed library within the meaning given in section 50(1):
(d) a charitable entity that has a purpose consistent with making accessible
format copies available to persons who have a print disability.
(2) Before beginning activities under section 69A for the first time, an authorised
entity must give notice to the Ministry that it intends to do so.
69A Accessible format copy activities by authorised entity
(1) An authorised entity does not infringe copyright in the relevant work if the
entity acts in accordance with this section.
(2) An authorised entity may make an accessible format copy if the entity —Reprinted as at
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3(a) has taken all reasonable steps to notify the owner of the copyright in the
work of its intention to make an accessible format copy; and
(b) is making the copy to provide it only to persons who have a print disabil-
ity, persons acting on their behalf, or other authorised entities; and
(c) ensures that the copy respects the integrity of the original work, as far as
is reasonably possible and taking into account changes needed to make
the work accessible in the alternative format.
(3) An authorised entity ( A) may import into New Zealand an accessible format
copy from an authorised entity ( B) in another Marrakesh Treaty country if A —
(a) has taken all reasonable steps to notify the owner of the copyright in the
work of its intention to make an accessible format copy; and
(b) is importing the copy to provide it only to persons who have a print disa-
bility, persons acting on their behalf, or other authorised entities; and
(c) has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the copy respects the integ-
rity of the original work, as far as is reasonably possible and taking into
account changes needed to make the work accessible in the alternative
format.
(4) An authorised entity may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) export from New Zealand an accessible format copy to an authorised
entity, or a person who has a print disability, in another Marrakesh
Treaty country:
(b) reproduce copies —
(i) made or imported into New Zealand under this section; or
(ii) provided to the entity under section 69B(2)(c):
(c) provide, by communication or otherwise, accessible format copies made
or imported under this section or provided to the entity under section
69B(2)(c)  to—
(i) persons in New Zealand who have a print disability or persons
acting on their behalf; and
(ii) other authorised entities in New Zealand.
69B Accessible format copy activities by person who is not authorised entity
(1) A person who is not an authorised entity does not infringe copyright in the rele-
vant work if he or she —
(a) has a print disability or is acting on behalf of someone who has a print
disability; and
(b) intends the accessible format copy to be only for the use of the person
who has a print disability; and
(c) acts in accordance with subsection (2).Part 1 s 5Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation)
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4(2) The person may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) make an accessible format copy that respects the integrity of the original
work, as far as is reasonably possible and taking into account changes
needed to make the work accessible in the alternative format:
(b) import into New Zealand an accessible format copy from an authorised
entity in another Marrakesh Treaty country:
(c) provide the accessible format copy that he or she made or imported
under paragraph (a) or (b) to an authorised entity.
69C Duties of authorised entity in regard to records and fees
(1) An authorised entity must —
(a) make and keep a record of a work of which it has —
(i) made, provided, reproduced, imported, or exported an accessible
format copy under section 69A; or
(ii) received an accessible format copy under section 69B(2)(c); and
(b) permit the copyright owner to inspect the record —
(i) during normal office hours; or
(ii) at any reasonable time, if the entity does not have office hours.
(2) An authorised entity may charge a fee for providing an accessible format copy
to a person, but the fee must not be higher than the sum of the cost to the entity
of making, providing, reproducing, importing, or exporting the copy (as applic-
able) and a reasonable contribution to the general expenses of the entity.
69D Ministry must publish list of authorised entities on Internet site
The Ministry must publish on its Internet site a list of authorised entities that
have given notice under section 69(2).
6 Section 93 amended (Subsequent dealings with copies made under this
Part)
Replace section 93(2)(n) with:
(n) sections 69A and 69B (which relate to accessible format copies):
7 Section 234 amended (Regulations)
Replace section 234(d) with:
(d) prescribing bodies for the purposes of section 72, 89, 90, 185, 190, or
191:
8 New Part 3 of Schedule 1 inserted
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5Part 2
Consequential amendment to Copyright (General Matters)
Regulations 1995
9 Consequential amendment to Copyright (General Matters) Regulations
1995
This Part amends the Copyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995.
10 Regulation 5 revoked (Prescribed bodies for purposes of section 69 of Act)
Revoke regulation 5.Part 2 s 9Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation)
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6Schedule
New Part 3 of Schedule 1 inserted
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Part 3
Provisions relating to Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty
Implementation) Amendment Act 2019
51 Interpretation
In this Part, —
commencement date  means the date on which this Part comes into force
former section 69  means section 69 as in force immediately before the com-
mencement date
prescribed body  means a body declared in regulation 5 to be a prescribed
body for the purposes of former section 69
regulation 5  means regulation 5 of the Copyright (General Matters) Regula-
tions 1995 as in force immediately before the commencement date.
52 Braille or otherwise modified copies made under former section 69 treated
as if made under Act as amended
A copy or an adaptation made or communicated by a prescribed body before
the commencement date in compliance with the conditions of the former sec-
tion 69 is to be treated on and after the commencement date as an accessible
format copy that was made or provided in compliance with sections 69A and
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7Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation) Amend-
ment Act 2019 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date
of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law
enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment.
Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in
electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that
Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec-
tronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sec-
tions 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parlia-
ment.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation) Amendment Act 2019 Commencement Order 2019
(LI 2019/276)
Wellington, New Zealand:
Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2020NotesCopyright (Marrakesh Treaty Implementation)
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