Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00029:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00029
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 27747–28720

9  Works made before 1 July 1912
 (1) This regulation applies to a work that was made before 1 July 1912 if:
 (a) the work was first published or performed in a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country; or
 (b) the author of the work was, at a material time, a citizen or national of, or resident in, a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country.
 (2) Division 5 of Part XI of the Act applies to the work as if:
 (a) for the purpose of determining whether a right (existing right) subsisted immediately before the commencement of the Copyright Act, 1911:
 (i) the work was first published or performed in Australia; or
 (ii) the author of the work was, at a material time, an Australian citizen or resident in Australia; and
 (b) any right that, by virtue of section 24 of the Copyright Act, 1911, would have been conferred in place of any existing right were a right conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911.