23. Performance of works or other subject-matter by students or staff of educational institution, etc.
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Where a musical work is performed by the students or staff of an educational institution in the premises of the institution or elsewhere in the presence of an audience and is so performed in the course of the activities of the institution, the performance shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to be a performance in public.
Where a literary or dramatic work is performed by the students or staff of an educational institution in the premises of the institution or elsewhere in the presence of an audience and is so performed in the course of the activities of the institution, the performance shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to be a performance in public if the audience is limited to persons who are taking part in the instruction or are otherwise directly connected with the place where the instruction is given.
dramatic work
“dramatic work” includes —(a)a choreographic show or other dumb show if described in writing in the form in which the show is to be presented; and(b)a scenario or script for a cinematograph film,but does not include a cinematograph film as distinct from the scenario or script for a cinematograph film;
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person shall be deemed to be directly connected with a place where instruction is given if he is a parent, guardian, brother or sister of a student who receives instruction at that place.
Subsections (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to cinematograph films, broadcasts, cable programmes and recordings of performances in like manner as they apply in relation to literary and dramatic works but, in the application of those subsections in relation to such films, broadcasts, cable programmes or recordings, any reference to the performance of the work shall be read as a reference to the act of causing the sounds concerned to be heard or the visual images concerned to be seen.
For the purposes of this section, the staff of an educational institution shall include —
educational institution
“educational institution” means —(a)a school or similar institution at which one or more of the following is provided:(i)full-time primary education;(ii)full-time secondary education;(iii)full-time pre-university education;(iv)such other full-time education as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act;(b)a junior college, a university, a college of advanced education or a technical and further education institution;(c)an institution that conducts courses of primary, secondary, pre-university or tertiary education by correspondence or on an external study basis;(d)a school of nursing;(e)an undertaking within a hospital, being an undertaking that conducts courses of study or training in —(i)the provision of medical services; or(ii)the provision of services incidental to the provision of medical services;(f)a teacher education centre;(g)an institution that has, as its principal function, the provision of courses of study or training for the purpose of —(i)general education;(ii)the preparation of persons for a particular occupation or profession; or(iii)the continuing education of persons engaged in a particular occupation or profession;(h)such other institution at which education is provided as may be declared by regulations made under this Act to be an institution to which this paragraph applies;(i)an undertaking within a body administering an educational institution of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h), being an undertaking that has as its principal function, or as one of its principal functions, the provision of teacher training for persons engaged as instructors in educational institutions of such a kind, or of 2 or more such kinds;(j)an institution, or an undertaking within a body administering an educational institution of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i), being an institution or undertaking that has as its principal function, or as one of its principal functions, the furnishing of materials to educational institutions of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i), or to educational institutions of 2 or more such kinds, for the purpose of assisting those institutions in their teaching purposes,but does not include an institution that is conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals;
any adjunct staff of the educational institution; and
any person engaged by the educational institution to conduct any course of instruction, activity or programme of or offered by the educational institution. [Aust. 1968, s. 28]