Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:246
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 246
Character Range: 864565–865529

246  Performing rights
 (1) Where the right conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911 in relation to a dramatic or musical work to which this Division applies did not include the sole right to perform the work in public, then, copyright, in so far as it subsists in the work by virtue of this Act, does not include the performing rights in relation to the work.
 (2) Where the right conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911 in relation to a dramatic or musical work to which this Division applies consisted only of the sole right to perform the work in public, then, copyright, in so far as it subsists in the work by virtue of this Act, consists only of the performing rights in relation to the work.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the performing rights, in relation to a work, are:
 (a) the exclusive right to perform the work, or an adaptation of the work, in public;
 (b) the exclusive right to communicate the work or an adaptation of the work to the public.