Legislative Implications
85. If the recommendations in this paper are accepted, the 9 month ban set out in section 35(3) of the Copyright Act 1994 will need to be renewed. Section 35(5) will also need to be amended for a further 5 years which will allow for a review in October 2013. It is proposed that this amendment will be included in legislation to amend the commissioning rule in the Copyright Act. Policy decisions on the commissioning rule were taken by Cabinet late last year. The Copyright (Commissioning Rule) Amendment Bill has a category 4 legislative priority: to proceed to select committee in 2008.
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