Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The copyright in a work or other subject-matter is not infringed by a use of the work or other subject-matter if all the following conditions exist:
(a) the circumstances of the use (including those described in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d)) amount to a special case;
(b) the use is covered by subsection (2), (3) or (4);
(c) the use does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or other subject-matter;
(d) the use does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the owner of the copyright.
Use by body administering library or archives
(2) This subsection covers a use that:
(a) is made by or on behalf of the body administering a library or archives; and
(b) is made for the purpose of maintaining or operating the library or archives (including operating the library or archives to provide services of a kind usually provided by a library or archives); and
(c) is not made partly for the purpose of the body obtaining a commercial advantage or profit.
Use by body administering educational institution
(3) This subsection covers a use that:
(a) is made by or on behalf of a body administering an educational institution; and
(b) is made for the purpose of giving educational instruction; and
(c) is not made partly for the purpose of the body obtaining a commercial advantage or profit.
Use by or for person with a disability
(4) This subsection covers a use that meets all the following conditions:
(a) the use is made by:
(i) a person with a disability that causes difficulty in reading, viewing or hearing the work or other subject-matter in a particular form; or
(ii) someone else;
(b) the use is made for the purpose of the person obtaining a reproduction or copy of the work or other subject-matter in another form, or with a feature, that reduces the difficulty;
(c) the use is not made partly for the purpose of obtaining a commercial advantage or profit.
This section does not apply if under another provision the use does not, or might not, infringe copyright
(6) Subsection (1) does not apply if, because of another provision of this Act:
(a) the use is not an infringement of copyright; or
(b) the use would not be an infringement of copyright assuming the conditions or requirements of that other provision were met.
Example 1: Paragraph (a)--Without using an appliance adapted for producing multiple copies or an appliance that can produce copies by reprographic reproduction, a school teacher reproduces a literary work in the course of educational instruction. Under subsection 200(1), the reproduction is not an infringement of copyright in the work, so this section does not apply.
Example 2: Paragraph (b)--A body administering an institution assisting persons with a print disability makes a Braille version of a published literary work. Under subsection 135ZP(2), making such a version does not infringe copyright in the work if certain conditions (relating to remuneration etc.) are met, so this section does not apply.
Cost recovery not commercial advantage or profit
(6A) The use does not fail to meet the condition in paragraph (2)(c), (3)(c) or (4)(c) merely because of the charging of a fee that:
(a) is connected with the use; and
(b) does not exceed the costs of the use to the charger of the fee.
Definitions
(7) In this section:
"conflict with a normal exploitation" has the same meaning as in Article 13 of the TRIPS Agreement.
"special case" has the same meaning as in Article 13 of the TRIPS Agreement.
"unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests" has the same meaning as in Article 13 of the TRIPS Agreement.
"use" includes any act that would infringe copyright apart from this section.
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