Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:184:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 184 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 703452–705217

of this Act in relation to a country other than Australia in accordance with the last preceding subsection:
 (a) may apply the provision without exception or modification or subject to such exceptions or modifications as are specified in the regulations; and
 (b) may apply the provision either generally or in relation to such classes of works or other subject‑matter, or other classes of cases, as are specified in the regulations.
 (3) Before the Governor‑General makes a regulation for the purposes of subsection (1) applying a provision of this Act in relation to a country other than Australia:
 (a) the country must be a party to an international agreement specified, in relation to the provision of this Act, by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (b) the Minister must be satisfied that adequate protection is or will be given under the law of the country to owners of copyright under this Act in the class of works or other subject‑matter to which the provision of this Act relates.
 (4) Where:
 (a) the identity of the author of an unpublished work is unknown but there are reasonable grounds for believing that the author of the work was, at the time when, or for a substantial part of the period during which, the work was made, a citizen or national of a country other than Australia;
 (b) under the law of that country, a person is authorized to represent the author, or to protect and enforce the rights of the author, in relation to that work; and
 (c) provision is made by the regulations applying any of the provisions of this Act in relation to works made by citizens or nationals of that country;
that person shall, for the purposes of those provisions as so applying, be treated as if he or she were the author of the work.