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This instrument modifies the Public Lending Right Scheme 2016 to allow eligible creators and publishers of electronic books and audiobooks access to the same lending right available to eligible creators and publishers of physical books.
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Registered 08 Mar 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR09-Mar-2023
Tabled Senate20-Mar-2023
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Public Lending Right Scheme (Electronic Books and Audiobooks) Modification 2023

I, Tony Burke, Minister for the Arts, make the following instrument.

Dated   7 March 2023

Tony Burke

Minister for the Arts

 


Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Modifications                                                                                           2

Public Lending Right Scheme 2016                                                                                                   2

 

 


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Public Lending Right Scheme (Electronic Books and Audiobooks) Modification 2023.

2  Commencement

                   The whole of this instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Public Lending Right Act 1985.

4  Schedules

                   The Public Lending Right Scheme 2016 is modified as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.

Schedule 1Modifications

Public Lending Right Scheme 2016

1  Section 3 (definition of book)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

book means a work that has been published, and includes:

                     (a)  printed books;

                     (b)  electronic books; and

                     (c)  audiobook versions of the kinds of works referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b),

but excludes:

                     (d)  magazines and other serial publications;

                     (e)  books designed for a single use (for example sticker books and workbooks); and

                      (f)  any other material determined by the Committee to be excluded from the Scheme.

Note:         A determination under paragraph (f) is a legislative instrument within the definition of the Legislation Act 2003.

2  Subsection 6(5)

Omit “reprinting”, substitute “re-releasing”.

3  Paragraph 8(1)(e)

Before “who”, insert “in the case of a printed book,”.

4  Paragraph 8(2)(e)

Before “who”, insert “in the case of a printed book,”.

5  Paragraph 10(1)(d)

After paragraph 10(1)(d), insert “and”.

6  Paragraph 10(1)(e)

After paragraph 10(1)(e), omit “; and”.

7  Paragraph 10(1)(f)

Repeal the paragraph.

8  Subsection 10(1) (second note)

Repeal the note.

9  Subsection 10(3)

Omit “reprint”, substitute “re-release”.

10  Subsection 11(4)

Omit “reprinted”, substitute “re-released”.

 

11  Section 12 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

12   Revised or re-released editions

12  Subsection 12(1)

Omit “re-issued”, substitute “re-released”.

13  Subsection 12(2)

Omit “re-issued”, substitute “re-released”.

14  Subsection 14(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (2)  The creators’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:

Estimated number of copies of a book

Rate of payment

50 copies or more

$2.19 per copy

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15  Subsection 15(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (2)  The publishers’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:

Estimated number of copies of a book

Rate of payment

50 copies or more

54.75 cents per copy

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