Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
224. Public use and enjoyment — performing for public exhibitions
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to do any of the following acts:
perform a literary, dramatic or musical work in public;
cause the visual images of a film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both).
The conditions are —
the work or film is part of a public collection;
the act is authorised by the custodian of the public collection;
the act is for the purpose of an exhibition of the work or film that is held —
by or on behalf of the custodian of the public collection; and
at any premises that are open to the public (whether for a fee or otherwise); and
the act is not the sole or main purpose of the exhibition.