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Optical Discs Act 2000

OPTICAL DISCS ACT 2000

AKTA CAKERA OPTIK 2000

Act 606 · consolidated to 1 Jan 2006 · 36 pp

Intellectual property rights
This copy of the Act is 20 years old. Any amendment made since 1 January 2006 is not in this text. Check the AGC record for later amendments.
Why it matters

What this does to artists

Licensing and marking regime for the manufacture of optical discs. Legacy now, but still the live instrument for physical CD, vinyl-adjacent and DVD replication runs, and it is the statute behind piracy enforcement against pressing plants.

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What to read first

Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself

s.4Licence to manufacture optical discs
s.19Optical discs to be marked with manufacturer’s code
s.17Maintenance of records
s.35Power of enforcement
In practice

Where this one bites

Scenario

Release and distribute a track

Ownership, registration and the two separate rights in every recording.…

Full arrangement of sections 57 sections · show / hide

Extracted from the AGC PDF on this page.

s.1Short title and commencement
s.2Interpretation
s.3Appointments of Controller, etc
s.4Licence to manufacture optical discs
s.5Unlicensed premises
s.6Application for licence
s.7Grant or refusal of a licence
s.8Validity of licence
s.9Power to vary conditions
s.10Revocation of licence
s.11Surrender of licence
s.12Effect of revocation, surrender or expiry of licence
s.13Transfer of licence
s.14Renewal of licence
s.15Display of licence
s.16Register
s.17Maintenance of records
s.18Appeal
s.19Optical discs to be marked with manufacturer’s code
s.20Marking standards
s.21Applying false manufacturer’s code
s.22Controller may issue code of conduct
s.23Revocation, etc., of code of conduct
s.24Civil penalty for non-compliance
s.25Compliance with code of conduct a legal defence
s.26Penalty
s.27Offences with respect to information
s.28Disappearance or destruction of article, etc., to be seized
s.29Disclosure of confidential information
s.30Offences by director, manager, secretary, etc
s.31Offences by employee or agent
s.32Obstruction of officers
s.33General penalty
s.34Compounding of offences
s.35Power of enforcement
s.36Power of investigation
s.37Additional powers
s.38Search by warrant
s.39Search and seizure without warrant
s.40List of things seized
s.41Warrant admissible notwithstanding defects
s.42Access to computerized data
s.43Power to require attendance of person acquainted with case
s.44Examination of person acquainted with case
s.45Statement to be admissible in evidence
s.46Forfeiture of articles, etc
s.47Cost of holding article, etc., seized
s.48No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable
s.49Protection of informers
s.50Reward for information
s.51Power to exempt
s.52Protection of officers
s.53Institution of prosecution
s.54Jurisdiction to try offences
s.55Service of records, etc
s.56Regulations
s.57Savings and transitional
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