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#### 124 Information on use of copyright material for services of the Crown—subsection 183(4) of the Act
(1) For the purposes of subsection 183(4) of the Act, the owner of a copyright must be informed of the doing of any act comprised in the copyright by a notice given in accordance with this section.
Giving the notice
(2) The notice is to be given to the owner or owner’s agent.
(3) The notice is to be given in Australia if the person giving the notice knows a way of contacting the owner or owner’s agent in Australia.
(4) However, the notice is to be given by publishing the notice in the Gazette if the person giving the notice for the Commonwealth or the State does not know a way of contacting either the owner or the owner’s agent.
Content of the notice
(5) The notice must:
(a) be given in the name of the Commonwealth or the State, as appropriate; and
(b) set out:
(i) the International Standard Book Number (if any) in respect of the work or other subject‑matter concerned if that number can be ascertained from that work or other subject‑matter; and
(ii) if such a number cannot be so ascertained, or if such a number does not enable the work or other subject‑matter concerned to be identified—the title (if any) of that work or other subject‑matter and, if that title does not enable the work or subject‑matter to be identified, a description of the work or subject‑matter that enables it to be identified; and
(c) specify the act to which the notice relates; and
(d) state whether the act has been done by the Commonwealth or the State or by a person authorised by the Commonwealth or the State; and
(e) if the act has been done by a person authorised by the Commonwealth or the State—state the name of that person; and
(f) state that the purpose of the notice is to inform the owner under subsection 183(4) of the Act of the doing of the act.