Provisions relating to broadcasting
25 Provisions relating to broadcasting
A reference in this Act to broadcasting shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to broadcasting whether by way of sound broadcasting or of television.
A reference in this Act to the doing of an act by the reception of a television broadcast or sound broadcast shall be read as a reference to the doing of that act by means of receiving a broadcast:
from the transmission by which the broadcast is made; or
from a transmission made otherwise than by way of broadcasting, but simultaneously with the transmission referred to in the last preceding paragraph;
whether the reception of the broadcast is directly from the transmission concerned or from a re‑transmission made by any person from any place.
Where a record embodying a sound recording or a copy of a cinematograph film is used for the purpose of making a broadcast (in this subsection referred to as the primary broadcast), a person who makes a broadcast (in this subsection referred to as the secondary broadcast) by receiving and making a retransmission of:
the transmission by which the primary broadcast was made; or
a transmission made otherwise than by way of broadcasting but simultaneously with the transmission referred to in the last preceding paragraph;
shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to have used the record or copy for the purpose of making the secondary broadcast.
In this Act:
a reference to a cinematograph film of a television broadcast shall be read as including a reference to a cinematograph film, or a photograph, of any of the visual images comprised in the broadcast; and
a reference to a copy of a cinematograph film of a television broadcast shall be read as including a reference to a copy of a cinematograph film, or a reproduction of a photograph, of any of those images.
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