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Copyright (International Protection) Regulations 1969
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#### 9 Works made before 1 July 1912
(1) This regulation applies to a work that was made before 1 July 1912 if:
(a) the work was first published or performed in a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country; or
(b) the author of the work was, at a material time, a citizen or national of, or resident in, a country that is a Berne Convention country, a WCT country or a WTO country.
(2) Division 5 of Part XI of the Act applies to the work as if:
(a) for the purpose of determining whether a right (existing right) subsisted immediately before the commencement of the Copyright Act, 1911:
(i) the work was first published or performed in Australia; or
(ii) the author of the work was, at a material time, an Australian citizen or resident in Australia; and
(b) any right that, by virtue of section 24 of the Copyright Act, 1911, would have been conferred in place of any existing right were a right conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911.