Copyright Act 1968
14Acts done in relation to substantial part of work or other subject‑matter deemed to be done in relation to the whole
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14 Acts done in relation to substantial part of work or other subject‑matter deemed to be done in relation to the whole
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to the doing of an act in relation to a work or other subject‑matter shall be read as including a reference to the doing of that act in relation to a substantial part of the work or other subject‑matter; and
(b) a reference to a reproduction, adaptation or copy of a work shall be read as including a reference to a reproduction, adaptation or copy of a substantial part of the work, as the case may be.
(2) This section does not affect the interpretation of any reference in sections 32, 177, 187 and 198 to the publication, or absence of publication, of a work.