206References in other laws or instruments to copyright

206  References in other laws or instruments to copyright  (1) Without prejudice to the operation of the succeeding sections of this Part:  (a) a reference in any other law of the Commonwealth or in any contract, agreement or other instrument to a provision of the Copyright Act, 1911 shall be read as a reference, or as including a reference, to the corresponding provision of this Act;  (b) a reference in any other law of the Commonwealth or in any contract, agreement or other instrument to copyright or to works in which copyright subsists shall, if apart from this Act it would be read as a reference to copyright under the Copyright Act, 1911 or to works in which copyright subsisted under that Act, be read as a reference, or as including a reference, to copyright under this Act or to works or any other subject‑matter in which copyright subsists under this Act, as the case may be; and  (c) a reference in any other law of the Commonwealth or in any contract, agreement or other instrument to the grant of an interest in copyright by licence shall be read, in relation to copyright under this Act, as a reference to the grant of a licence in respect of that copyright.  (2) This section has effect unless the contrary intention appears in the other law of the Commonwealth or in the contract, agreement or other instrument, as the case may be.  (3) In this section, law of the Commonwealth means:  (a) an Act;  (b) an instrument (including regulations or rules) having effect by virtue of an Act;  (c) an Ordinance of a Territory and any other law in force in a Territory;  (d) an instrument (including regulations or rules) having effect by virtue of such an Ordinance or law; and  (e) an instrument having effect by virtue of any such regulations or rules as are mentioned in paragraph (b) or paragraph (d).