Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 113 of 1976 - SECT 5

5. After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:-
Public lending right scheme.
''5A. (1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, make provision
for and in relation to a scheme for the making of payments in respect of books
written by Australian authors and held in libraries in Australia-

   (a)  to the authors of those books;

   (b)  to persons falling within specified classes of relationship to, or
        association with, deceased authors of those books;

   (c)  to Australian persons who illustrated, translated or edited those
        books or otherwise contributed to their form or contents; and

   (d)  to publishers of those books, being Australian publishers as defined
        in the scheme.

''(2) Payments in accordance with the scheme shall be made out of moneys of
the Council.

''(3) A reference in sub-section (1) to an Australian author or an Australian
person is a reference to an author or person who-

   (a)  is an Australian citizen, wherever resident; or

   (b)  is ordinarily resident in Australia or in an external Territory.

''(4) Where a book has been written by an Australian author or Australian
authors and by another person or persons, this section applies as if the book
had been written by the Australian author or Australian authors.''.