Statutory Rules
1990 No. 3571
Copyright
(International Protection)
Regulations2
(Amendment)
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of
the Federal Executive Council and being satisfied that, in respect of the class
of works or other subject-matter to which the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 relate, provision has
been or will be made under the law of Singapore by virtue of which adequate
protection is or will be given to owners of copyright under that Act. hereby
make the following Regulations under that Act.
Dated
1990.
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
Michael
Duffy
Attorney-General
Commencement
1. These Regulations
commence on 1 December 1990.
Principal Regulations
2. In these Regulations, “Principal
Regulations” means the
Copyright (International Protection) Regulations.
Interpretation
3. Regulation 3 of the
Principal Regulations, is amended:
(a)
by omitting from each of paragraphs (a), (c), (f) and (g) of the definition of “the country of origin” in subregulation (1) “or Part II” and substituting “,
Part II or Part III”;
(b)
by omitting from paragraph (b) of that definition “Country so specified”
and substituting “country
specified in Part I or Part III of that Schedule”;
(S.R.
290/891—Cat. No. 14/19.11.1990
(c)
by inserting after paragraph (c) of that definition the following paragraph:
“(ca)
in relation to a published work or published cinematograph film the first
publications of which took place simultaneously in a country that constitutes,
or forms part of, the territory of a country specified in Part III of Schedule
1 and in a country that does not constitute, or form part of, the territory of
a country so specified—the former country;”.
Application of the Act
4. Regulation 4 of the
Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “or
Part II” (wherever occurring) and
substituting “, Part II or Part
III”.
Copyright not to subsist in
overseas editions in certain cases
5. Regulation 8 of the
Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “or
Part II” (wherever occurring) and
substituting “, Part II or Part
III”.
Application of certain provisions
of Act to certain overseas works
6. Regulation 9 of the
Principal Regulations is amended by inserting in each of subregulations (2) and
(3) “or Part III” after “Part
I”.
Modification of application of the
provisions of the Act
7. Regulation 11 of the
Principal Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “inserts a Part in, or adds a Part at
the end of, Schedule 1 or” after “of these Regulations”.
Schedule 1
8. Schedule 1 to the
Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end the following Part:
“PART III
Singapore”.
NOTES
1. Notified
in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on
30 November 1990.
2.
Statutory Rules 1969 No. 60 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1990 No.
356 and see also Statutory Rules 1990 No. 356.
Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government
Printer