Original works in which copyright subsists
211 Original works in which copyright subsists
Subsection 32(1) applies to works made before the commencement of this Act as if each reference in that subsection to a qualified person included a reference to a British subject and to a person domiciled in any part of the Sovereign’s dominions to which the Copyright Act, 1911 extended.
Subsection 32(2) applies to works first published before the commencement of this Act as if paragraphs (d) and (e) of that subsection were omitted.
Subsection 32(2) applies to works that are first published after the commencement of this Act and the author of which died before the commencement of the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 as if the reference in paragraph 32(2)(e) to a qualified person included a reference to a person who would have been an Australian citizen if that Act had been in force immediately before his or her death.
Subsection 32(3) does not apply to or in relation to a building that was constructed before the commencement of this Act.
This section has effect subject to the last preceding section.
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