Definitions
84 Definitions
In this Part:
live performance means:
a performance (including an improvisation) of a dramatic work, or part of such a work, including such a performance given with the use of puppets; or
a performance (including an improvisation) of a musical work or part of such a work; or
the reading, recitation or delivery of a literary work, or part of such a work, or the recitation or delivery of an improvised literary work; or
a performance of a dance; or
a performance of a circus act or a variety act or any similar presentation or show; or
a performance of an expression of folklore;
being a live performance, whether in the presence of an audience or otherwise.
performer in a live performance:
means each person who contributed to the sounds of the performance; and
if the performance includes a performance of a musical work—includes the conductor.
qualified person means:
an Australian citizen or a person (other than a body corporate) resident in Australia; or
a body corporate incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State.
sound recording of a live performance means a sound recording, made at the time of the live performance, consisting of, or including, the sounds of the performance.
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