IP/N/1/AUS/10  
IP/N/1/AUS/C/19  
 
26 February 2018  
(18-1218) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2  OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
AUSTRALIA : COPYRIGHT REGULATION S 2017  
Notifying Member  AUSTRALIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright Regulations  2017 
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
 
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/AUS/18_1060_00_e.pdf  
 
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/AUS/1/Add.7 (Copyright Tribunal (Procedure) Regulation s, 
reprinted as at 31  January  1984)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataS ourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/AUS/1/Add.7*&Language=English&C
ontext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/AUS/1/Add.5 (Copyright Regulations, reprinted as at 
30 November 1993 and amending regulation No. 228 of  1993)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataS ourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/AUS/1/Add.5*&Language=English&C
ontext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Copyright Regulations  2017 (2017 Regulations) remake the Copyright Regulations 1969  (1969 
Regulations) and the Copyright Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations 1969  (Tribunal Regulations) into 
a single consolidated instrument and to modernise certain provisions from those previous 
regulations.  
 
The 2017 Regulations prescribe a range of matters  that the Copyright Act 1968  requires or permits 
to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving 
effect to the Act. This includes provisions relating to copyright in original works or other subject 
matter,  remedies for infringement of copyright, the copying and communications of copyright 
material by educational and other institutions, and provision for or in relation to procedure in 
connection with the making of references and applications to the Copyright  Tribunal, and 
regulation of proceedings before the Tribunal.  IP/N/1/AUS/10 • IP/N/1/AUS/C/19  
 
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The 2017 Regulations also reflect amendments made to the Copyright Act 1968  by the Copyright 
Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017 . The majority of provisions of the 
2017 R egulations commenced at the same time as Schedule 1 of the Copyright Amendment 
(Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017  on 22 December 2017 .  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Date of adoption  14 December  2017 
Entry into force  Sections 1 to 3 on 19 December 2017  
Section 4 , and Parts 2 to 6 on 22 December 2017  
Part 7 on 1 April 2018  
Parts 8 to 16  on 22 December 2017  
Schedules 1 to 3 on 22 December 2017  
All other provision s not mentioned above on 19 December  2017.  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  15 February 2018  
Other information  The Copyright Regulations  2017 are also available at:  
 
 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L01649  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Department of Communications and the Arts  
Nishi Building  
2 Phillip Law Street  
Canberra ACT 2601  
 
Telephone: +61 2 6271 1000