Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Interpretation
68. Performance by operating receiving apparatus
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any device or equipment is operated to communicate, directly or indirectly, visual images or sounds to a receiving apparatus; and
those images are displayed, or those sounds are emitted, by the receiving apparatus.
The operation of the device or equipment is not a performance.
performance
“perform” and “performance”, in relation to an authorial work, have the meanings given by section 67;
Insofar as the display of those images or the emission of those sounds is a performance of an authorial work, the performance is deemed to be given —
sounds
“sounds”, in relation to a film, has the meaning given by section 24(2)(b);
by the operation of the receiving apparatus; and
by the occupier of the premises where the receiving apparatus is situated —
whether or not the occupier operated the receiving apparatus; but(ii)only if the receiving apparatus is provided by or with the consent of the occupier.