Copyright Amendment Act 1999

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Copyright Amendment Act 1999, and is part of the Copyright Act 1994 the principal Act
2: Application of
Part 9
1: The principal Act is amended by repealing section 204
204:
1: On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor-General may by Order in Council apply any provision or provisions of this Part to any entity specified in the order (whether a state, part of a state, a territory for whose international relations a state is responsible, a political union, an international organisation, or any other entity).
2: An order—
a: May apply a provision unconditionally, or subject to conditions, modifications, or both; and
b: May apply a provision generally, or in relation to performances of a particular class or classes.
3: The Minister must not recommend the making of an order applying any provision of this Part to any entity unless satisfied that—
a: The entity is a convention country; or
b: Provision is or will be made under the law of or applicable to the entity giving reciprocal protection to performances generally or (as the case requires) performances of the class or classes to which the order applies that provision of this Part.
4: If the Government of a state is responsible for the international relations of 1 or more territories, an order may apply a provision to—
a: The state and the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned; or
b: Just the state; or
c: Just the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned.
2: Section 169 convention country Convention country .
3: The substitution by subsection (1) section 204
3: Application of Act (other than
Part 9
1: The principal Act is amended by repealing section 232
232:
1: On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor-General may by Order in Council apply any provision or provisions of this Act (other than a provision of Part IX
2: To the extent that the nature of the entity permits, an order may apply a provision to an entity so that it has all or any of the following effects:
a: It applies to persons who are citizens or subjects of, or domiciled or resident in, the entity as it applies to persons who are citizens or subjects of, or domiciled or resident in, New Zealand:
b: It applies to bodies incorporated under the law of the entity as it applies to bodies incorporated under the law of New Zealand:
c: It applies to works first published in the entity as it applies to works first published in New Zealand:
d: It applies to broadcasts or cable programmes made or sent from the entity as it applies to broadcasts or cable programmes made or sent from New Zealand.
3: An order—
a: May apply a provision unconditionally, or subject to conditions, modifications, or both; and
b: May apply a provision generally, or in relation to works or cases of a particular class or classes.
4: The Minister must not recommend the making of an order applying any provision of this Act to any entity unless satisfied that—
a: The entity is a convention country; or
b: Provision is or will be made under the law of or applicable to the entity giving reciprocal protection to copyright owners in respect of works generally or (as the case requires) works or cases of the class or classes to which the order applies that provision of this Act.
5: If the Government of a state is responsible for the international relations of 1 or more territories, an order may apply a provision to—
a: Both the state and the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned; or
b: Just the state; or
c: Just the territory (or 1 or more of the territories) concerned.
6: If—
a: An unpublished work is of unknown authorship, but there are reasonable grounds to suppose that the author was at the material time a citizen or subject of, or domiciled or resident in, an entity other than New Zealand; and
b: An order under this section has applied a provision of this Act to that entity so that it applies to persons who are citizens or subjects of the entity, or are domiciled or resident there, as it applies to persons who are citizens or subjects of, or domiciled or resident in, New Zealand; and
c: A person is authorised under the law of or applicable to the entity to represent the author, or protect and enforce the rights of the author in relation to the work,— the authorised person must be treated as if he or she were the author of the work for the purposes of the provision.
2: Section 2(1) convention country Convention country Part IX .
3: The substitution by subsection (1) section 232
4: Spent transitional provision repealed
Section 203