Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
301. When and how should copies be notated
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Where a copy (including a microform copy and an accessible format copy) of a work, or of a recording of a protected performance, is required to be notated according to this section, the notation must —
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
in the case of a copy (being a sound recording) made under Division 4 (persons with print disabilities) —
be in the form of a sound recording of a prescribed message;
be embodied in the copy when the copy is made; and
be embodied in a way that the message can be heard immediately before the underlying work or performance is heard;
in the case of a copy made under section 227 or 232 (relating to public collections) —
be made on or attached to the copy at or about the time the copy is made;
state the institution (or the custodian of a public collection) —
that made the copy; or
on whose behalf the copy is made; and
state the date on which the copy is made; and
in any other case —
be made on the copy at or about the time the copy is made;
state the institution (or the custodian of a public collection) —
that made the copy; or
on whose behalf the copy is made; and
state the date on which the copy is made.
For the purposes of subsection (1) —
a copy is made on behalf of an institution if it is made or caused to be made —
by an authorised officer of a library of the institution; or
by or on behalf of the body administering the institution; and
a copy is made on behalf of the custodian of a public collection (other than a library of an institution) if it is made or caused to be made by an authorised officer of the custodian.
In this section, “microform copy”, in relation to the whole or a part of a work, means a copy of the whole or part of the work produced by miniaturising the graphic symbols of which the work is composed.