CIVIL LAW

You must visit our site entitled Intellectual Property for a full overview on that subject.

All of the following information is repeated on that site.

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

If you are the author or creator of an original work, the COPYRIGHT ACT 1994 automatically protects your intellectual property rights in the work if certain criteria are met.

What are the criteria for copyright protection?

Protection under the COPYRIGHT ACT1994 will automatically apply if both the following criteria are met :

1. The work must be in a tangible form (that is, the work must be written down or recorded)
2. The work must be an original work of the author.

We provide you with a direct link to the whole Copyright  Act  1994. 

 

We also provide you with a direct link to the Government legislation site where you can look up ALL Acts of Parliament and Regulations and Rules. An Act is also known as a Statute. A Regulation is also sometimes known as a Rule. This Government legislation site is still going through some teething problems. But you will be able to access all legislation and find specific Acts and Rules and individual sections.

Statutes
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