(2) Unless it is approved by the Minister, an agreement or a licence that fixes the terms on which a person (other than the Government) may do a public act is void to the extent that it purports to apply to any act done after 10 April 1987.
(3) Subsection (2) applies to any agreement or licence made or granted before, on or after 10 April 1987.
Public act does not constitute publication
287. A public act—
- (a) is not to be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as publishing a work or a recording of a protected performance; and
- (b) must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright under this Act.
Protection of purchaser in sale in the course of public act
288.—(1) This section applies where, by virtue of section 285, the sale of an article is not a rights infringement.
(2) The purchaser and any person claiming through the purchaser is entitled to deal with the article as if the Government is the rights owner.
Modification when exclusive copyright licence in force
289. In this Division (except section 288), “rights owner”, in relation to any copyright that is subject to an exclusive licence, means the exclusive licensee.
Division 17—Judicial proceedings and legal advice
Acts done for judicial proceedings
290.—(1) It is a permitted use of a work or protected performance to do anything for the purposes of—
- (a) a judicial proceeding; or
- (b) reporting a judicial proceeding.
